Lisbon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. Employers in Lisbon report 112 jobs; 334 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Lisbon for work; outside it, Mauston is the main destination (21%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lisbon: the figures worth knowing
Where people from Lisbon work
Where Lisbon clocks in
21% of workers
7% 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.
Who works in Lisbon, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 333 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Lisbon on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 46% of work in Lisbon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lisbon, 2014 → 2024: 87 → 112. 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 Lisbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Lisbon spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lisbon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 405 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.
Lisbon’s commute, mile by mile
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door is work for 11% of Lisbon
The biggest share goes to New Lisbon (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lisbon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisbon | – | — | — | 21 min | $82,500 |
| New Lisbon | 9% | C− | C | 20 min | $70,855 |
| Clearfield | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lindina | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Fountain | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lemonweir | 2% | C | C | 21 min | $75,750 |
| Germantown | under 2% | C+ | C− | 19 min | $73,571 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clearfield, Lindina and Fountain: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lisbon’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 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.
Jobs and commuting in Lisbon: questions
What is the median household income in Lisbon?
$82,500 (±$16,684) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lisbon?
7.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lisbon?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lisbon work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mauston (21%, 4 mi), New Lisbon (9%, 2 mi), Tomah (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lisbon 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 Lisbon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lisbon
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.