Most of Madge commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% stay in Madge for work; outside it, Spooner is the main destination (21%, 8 miles). 29 jobs are based in Madge; 205 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 30% 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 Madge: the figures worth knowing
Madge is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Madge, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Madge has about 370 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Madge and Spooner trade workers both ways
Spooner is the top workplace for Madge residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Madge come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Madge
30% of Madge workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. 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 205 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Madge on a workday
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Madge 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 towns that employ Madge’s residents
Where Madge clocks in
Lines 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.
Commuting from Madge: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Madge workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 30% 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.
In Madge, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madge, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 29. 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 Madge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Madge
About 31% 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 Madge
The biggest share goes to Long Lake (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Madge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madge | – | — | — | 24 min | $61,528 |
| Long Lake | 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Beaver Brook | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Crystal | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Birchwood | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Long Lake, Beaver Brook, Crystal and Birchwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Madge’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 Madge: questions
What is the median household income in Madge?
$61,528 (±$7,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madge?
8.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madge?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madge work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spooner (21%, 8 mi), Rice Lake (14%, 19 mi), Shell Lake (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Madge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Madge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madge
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.