Where Moundville earns its living
Only 5% work in Moundville itself; outside it, Portage draws the most (17%, 9 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. Moundville has 186 jobs, against 224 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Moundville stands out on work
Moundville by day and by night
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Moundville commutes to
Where Moundville 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.
Moundville works in goods: 62% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moundville, 2014 → 2024: 100 → 186. 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 Moundville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Moundville spends getting to work: 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 Moundville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 commuters (the 13% 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.
How far Moundville’s workers travel
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Moundville
The biggest share goes to Lewiston (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moundville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moundville | – | — | — | 23 min | $71,125 |
| Buffalo | under 3% | C | D | 36 min | $78,092 |
| Packwaukee | under 3% | C− | C | 28 min | $64,167 |
| Douglas | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Lewiston | 2% | B | D | 28 min | $90,852 |
Same-state neighbors only. Douglas: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Moundville’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 Moundville: questions
What is the median household income in Moundville?
$71,125 (±$20,671) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moundville?
7.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moundville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moundville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portage (17%, 9 mi), Lake Delton (6%, 18 mi), Wisconsin Dells (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Moundville 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 Moundville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moundville
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.