Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Dane has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 116 jobs in Dane; 492 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Dane itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (39%, 12 miles). Working from home is the commute for 23% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Dane
39% of Dane works in Madison
192 working residents, 39%, have their main job in Madison, 12 miles away. That’s 39 times as many as work in Dane itself. The commute map ↓
Dane is a place people come home to
There are 116 jobs based in Dane, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dane has about 550 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Dane
23% of Dane workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 492 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Dane goes to work
Where Dane clocks in
39% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
In and out of Dane on a workday
On a workday 488 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Dane on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How long Dane spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dane workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 586 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
In Dane, 70% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dane, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 116. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dane’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Dane, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Dane
The biggest share goes to Vienna (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dane workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dane | – | — | — | 23 min | $95,156 |
| Roxbury | under 2% | A+ | D | 28 min | $132,188 |
| Springfield | under 2% | A+ | C | 19 min | $135,216 |
| Vienna | 4% | A+ | C | 21 min | $139,583 |
| Lodi | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| West Point | under 2% | A+ | B− | 29 min | $139,632 |
| Berry | under 2% | A− | C+ | 23 min | $83,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lodi: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dane’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dane: questions
What is the median household income in Dane?
$95,156 (±$43,000) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dane?
1.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dane?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dane work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (39%, 12 mi), Waunakee (7%, 7 mi), DeForest (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dane without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dane, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dane
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.