LaPrairie Grange Hall No. 79 · Photo: Sa magnuson33 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of La Prairie commutes out: there are 0.6 jobs for every working resident
There are 211 jobs in La Prairie for 380 working residents. The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 8% 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
Work in La Prairie, in a few figures
44% of working residents work in Janesville
Where La Prairie clocks in
44% of workers
10% 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.
In and out of La Prairie on a workday
On a workday 379 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in La Prairie on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
A place that makes things: 64% of La Prairie’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 252 → 211. 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 La Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
La Prairie’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Prairie workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 427 commuters (the 8% 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 in the region La Prairie works
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.
44% of La Prairie works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Prairie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Prairie | – | — | — | 23 min | $80,781 |
| Janesville | 44% | B | A− | 22 min | $73,446 |
| Bradford | under 2% | A | C− | 26 min | $115,833 |
| Turtle | under 2% | B+ | B− | 31 min | $93,750 |
| Rock | under 2% | B | C | 24 min | $71,065 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Janesville. Darker towns draw more of La Prairie’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 La Prairie: questions
What is the median household income in La Prairie?
$80,781 (±$7,858) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Prairie?
4.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Prairie?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Prairie work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Janesville (44%, 5 mi), Madison (10%, 40 mi), Beloit (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Prairie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Prairie, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Prairie
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.