Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Genoa commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Genoa for work; outside it, La Crosse is the main destination (39%, 20 miles). 34 jobs are based in Genoa, against 337 working residents. Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Genoa, in brief
Genoa is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Genoa, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Genoa has about 460 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
39% of Genoa works in La Crosse
133 working residents, 39%, have their main job in La Crosse, 20 miles away. That’s 39 times as many as work in Genoa itself. The commute map ↓
Genoa workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 337 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Genoa
On a workday 335 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Genoa on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
The towns that employ Genoa’s residents
Where Genoa clocks in
39% 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.
From Genoa, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Genoa workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 358 commuters (the 13% 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.
Goods, not services: 32% of the jobs in Genoa
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Genoa, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 34. 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 Genoa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Genoa
About 21% 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.
Next door to Genoa
The biggest share goes to Bergen (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Genoa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa | – | — | — | 32 min | $85,089 |
| Harmony | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Wheatland | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Bergen | 1% | C+ | C | 24 min | $77,250 |
| Sterling | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Harmony and Wheatland: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Sterling: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Genoa’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 Genoa: questions
What is the median household income in Genoa?
$85,089 (±$10,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Genoa?
5.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Genoa?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Genoa work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Crosse (39%, 20 mi), Onalaska (8%, 24 mi), Viroqua (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Genoa 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 Genoa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Genoa
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.