Pulaski Presbyterian Church Complex · Photo: Rickibishop1 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Pulaski works elsewhere
Pulaski has 7 jobs for 179 working residents. Hardly any work in Pulaski; the top destination outside it is Dodgeville (17%, 18 miles). Working residents average 26 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pulaski by day and by night
On a workday 179 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Pulaski on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
Commuting out of Pulaski: the destinations
Where Pulaski clocks in
17% 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.
What Pulaski’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pulaski, 2014 → 2024: 4 → 7. 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 Pulaski’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Pulaski: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pulaski workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 141 commuters (the 18% 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.
The commute from Pulaski, by distance
About 21% 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 to Pulaski
The biggest share goes to Muscoda (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pulaski workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulaski | – | — | — | 26 min | $66,250 |
| Orion | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Buena Vista | under 2% | C | C− | 25 min | $73,281 |
| Muscoda | 5% | C− | B | 24 min | $55,833 |
| Avoca | 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Clyde | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Highland | 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Muscoda | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Orion, Avoca, Clyde and Highland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Muscoda: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pulaski’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 Pulaski: questions
What is the median household income in Pulaski?
$66,250 (±$23,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pulaski?
16.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pulaski?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pulaski work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dodgeville (17%, 18 mi), Highland (8%, 8 mi), Madison (7%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Pulaski 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 Pulaski, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pulaski
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.