Kildare has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Kildare report 42 jobs, and 295 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Kildare for work; outside it, Mauston is the main destination (13%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute from Kildare lasts 30 minutes (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Kildare in brief
Kildare is a place people come home to
There are 42 jobs based in Kildare, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kildare has about 450 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Kildare workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 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 295 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Kildare
On a workday 293 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Kildare on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Kildare
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kildare workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 309 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where Kildare goes to work
Where Kildare clocks in
13% of workers
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 52% of Kildare’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kildare, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 42. 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 Kildare’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Kildare
About 26% 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 Kildare compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Lemonweir (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kildare workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kildare | – | — | — | 30 min | $73,125 |
| Marion | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Lyndon Station | 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Springville | under 2% | C | C | 35 min | $62,667 |
| Lyndon | under 2% | C− | C | 29 min | $62,188 |
| Dell Prairie | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $88,516 |
| Lemonweir | 3% | C | C | 21 min | $75,750 |
| Seven Mile Creek | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marion: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Lyndon Station and Seven Mile Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kildare’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 Kildare: questions
What is the median household income in Kildare?
$73,125 (±$19,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kildare?
10.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kildare?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kildare work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mauston (13%, 10 mi), Reedsburg (8%, 14 mi), Baraboo (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kildare 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 Kildare, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kildare
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.