With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Lindina works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Lindina has 80 jobs for 300 working residents. 4% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lindina, in a few figures
Lindina is a place people come home to
There are 80 jobs based in Lindina, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lindina has about 440 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Lindina workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 300 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Lindina
On a workday 297 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Lindina on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 daily trip from Lindina: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lindina workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 330 commuters (the 4% 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.
19% of working residents work in Mauston
Where Lindina clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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.
44% of the jobs in Lindina make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lindina, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 80. 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 Lindina’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Lindina commutes
About 28% 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.
19% of Lindina works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lindina workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindina | – | — | — | 19 min | $75,893 |
| Mauston | 19% | C+ | A | 24 min | $63,636 |
| Plymouth | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lemonweir | under 2% | C | C | 21 min | $75,750 |
| Lisbon | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Summit | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Plymouth, Lisbon and Summit: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mauston. Darker towns draw more of Lindina’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 Lindina: questions
What is the median household income in Lindina?
$75,893 (±$20,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lindina?
13.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lindina?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lindina work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mauston (19%, 3 mi), New Lisbon (10%, 7 mi), Tomah (9%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lindina without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lindina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lindina
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.