Sprague Bridge · Photo: Edwin G. Cordes, Photographer · Public domainWork and commuting in Finley
A typical one-way commute lasts 43 minutes; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. 2% of workers work from home; Wisconsin has 13%. Only 3% work in Finley itself; outside it, Necedah draws the most (18%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Finley fills up on a workday
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 99 people are in Finley on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Finley’s residents
Where Finley clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 67% of the jobs in Finley
54 jobs are based in Finley.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Finley, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 54. 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 Finley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Finley’s commute takes about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Finley workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 2% 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.
Miles to work from Finley
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
How Finley compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Finley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finley | – | — | — | 43 min | $48,500 |
| Remington | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Armenia | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Kingston | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Remington and Armenia: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Kingston: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Finley’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 Finley: questions
What is the median household income in Finley?
$48,500 (±$35,168) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Finley?
5.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Finley?
43 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Finley work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Necedah (18%, 12 mi), Mauston (11%, 27 mi), Tomah (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Finley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Finley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Finley
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.