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Jobs & commute in Footville

With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Footville works elsewhere

Only 4% work in Footville itself; outside it, Janesville draws the most (23%, 10 miles). Employers in Footville report 169 jobs, against 329 working residents. 7% of workers work from home; Wisconsin has 13%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

169 jobs based here
Household income
$69K
median · Wisconsin $77K
Poverty
11.6%
Wisconsin 10.6%
Unemployment
4.5%
Wisconsin 3.2% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
26 min
Wisconsin 22 · U.S. 26
Work in town
4%
12 of 329 working residents
Work from home
7%
Wisconsin 13% · U.S. 15%
What stands out

What stands out about work in Footville

23% · 18%to and from Janesville
★ What stands out · The commute map

The places Footville commutes to

Rockford: 8 residents work here (2%)FootvilleOrfordville: 11 residents work here (3%)Brodhead: 15 residents work here (5%)Evansville: 15 residents work here (5%)EdgertonStoughton: 7 residents work here (2%)Beloit: 14 residents work here (4%)Janesville: 76 residents work here (23%)Madison: 38 residents work here (12%)BeloitCenter: 6 residents work here (2%)PlymouthJanesvilleMadisonBrodheadEvansvilleBeloitOrfordvilleFootville
1
Janesville10 mi away
23%76
2
Madison30.9 mi away
12%38
3
Brodhead9.3 mi away
5%15
4
Evansville8.6 mi away
5%15
5
Beloit14.1 mi away
4%14
6
Footville (in town)right here
4%12
7
Orfordville3.8 mi away
3%11
8
Rockford, IL29.4 mi away
2%8
9
Stoughton17.4 mi away
2%7
10
Center3.3 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%127
The top trips

Where Footville clocks in

23% of workers
10 mi awayJanesville76 Footville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
12% of workers
30.9 mi awayMadison38 Footville residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
9.3 mi awayBrodhead15 Footville residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Day and night

A workday in Footville: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 317 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.

317live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
157work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night900
Workday740
900live here− 320head out to work+ 160come in to work= 740on a workday

About 740 people are in Footville on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.51jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.

The jobs

What Footville’s employers do

Jobs based in FootvilleJobs Footville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms19%25%
Trade, transport & utilities22%23%
Services: health, schools, offices59%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less34%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%19%
Over $3,333 a month39%67%

Who does it

29 or younger34%23%
30 to 5436%51%
55 and older30%26%
+104%

Jobs based in Footville, 2014 → 2024: 83 → 169. 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 2024.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Footville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The trip to work from Footville: about 26 minutes

A year of commuting
199 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Footville26 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Footville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Footville gets to work
92%Drive alone
8%Carpool
<1%Walk

Share of the 409 commuters (the 7% 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.

How far

The commute from Footville, by distance

10 mi25 mi35 miJanesville: 23% · 10 miMadison: 12% · 30.9 miBrodhead: 5% · 9.3 miEvansville: 5% · 8.6 miBeloit: 4% · 14.1 miOrfordville: 3% · 3.8 miRockford: 2% · 29.4 miStoughton: 2% · 17.4 miCenter: 2% · 3.3 miJanesville 23%Madison 12%Brodhead 5%Evansville 5%Beloit 4%Footville
FootvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
29%Under 10 mi95 residents
32%10–24 mi106 residents
22%25–50 mi73 residents
17%Over 50 mi55 residents

About 17% 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 2024.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Work in the towns next to Footville

The biggest share goes to Center (2%).

Plymouth: few work hereCenter: 2% of workers work herePlymouthCenterFootville
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Footville26 min
Plymouth27 min
Center29 min
Plymouthunder 2% of FootvilleCenter2% of Footville works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownFootville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Footville–——26 min$68,571
Plymouthunder 2%BD27 min$85,598
Center2%A−C−29 min$112,222

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Footville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Footville: questions

What is the median household income in Footville?

$68,571 (±$19,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Footville?

11.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Footville?

26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Footville work?

4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Janesville (23%, 10 mi), Madison (12%, 31 mi), Brodhead (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Footville without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Footville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Footville

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RankingsTop towns in WIShortest commutes, work from home & more

Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.