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Jobs & commute in Sextonville

Most of Sextonville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident

Employers in Sextonville report 31 jobs for 217 working residents. Hardly any stay in Sextonville for work; outside it, Richland Center is the main destination (17%, 6 miles). 5% of workers work from home; Wisconsin has 13%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Work in Sextonville: the figures worth knowing

Sextonville is a place people come home to

There are 31 jobs based in Sextonville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sextonville has about 270 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓

Sextonville and Richland Center trade workers both ways

Richland Center is the top workplace for Sextonville residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Sextonville come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 217 working residents, small shifts move the shares.

★ What stands out · Day and night

How a workday changes Sextonville

On a workday 215 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.

215live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
29work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night460
Workday270
460live here− 220head out to work+ 29come in to work= 270on a workday

About 270 people are in Sextonville on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.14jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

Where Sextonville’s working residents head each day

Lime RidgeLone RockViolaMuscoda: 8 residents work here (4%)Spring Green: 14 residents work here (6%)Viroqua: 6 residents work here (3%)Richland Center: 37 residents work here (17%)OregonPlatteville: 3 residents work here (1%)Reedsburg: 6 residents work here (3%)Madison: 24 residents work here (11%)DeerparkRichland: 4 residents work here (2%)Ithaca: 7 residents work here (3%)Buena Vista: 5 residents work here (2%)SextonvilleRichland CenterMadisonSpring GreenMuscodaIthacaViroquaSextonville
1
Richland Center6.2 mi away
17%37
2
Madison45.4 mi away
11%24
3
Spring Green13.3 mi away
6%14
4
Muscoda9.5 mi away
4%8
5
Ithaca4.5 mi away
3%7
6
Viroqua35.6 mi away
3%6
7
Reedsburg23.1 mi away
3%6
8
Buena Vista3.7 mi away
2%5
9
Richland5.5 mi away
2%4
10
Platteville39.1 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%103
The top trips

Where Sextonville 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.

The jobs

The kinds of work in Sextonville

Jobs based in SextonvilleJobs Sextonville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%28%
Trade, transport & utilities48%17%
Services: health, schools, offices52%55%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less26%19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%25%
Over $3,333 a month39%56%

Who does it

29 or younger23%26%
30 to 5448%46%
55 and older29%28%
+675%

Jobs based in Sextonville, 2014 → 2024: 4 → 31. 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 Sextonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 25 minutes to work from Sextonville

A year of commuting
192 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Sextonville25 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
5%

of Sextonville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Sextonville gets to work
67%Drive alone
33%Carpool

Share of the 207 commuters (the 5% 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

The commute from Sextonville, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi55 miRichland Center: 17% · 6.2 miMadison: 11% · 45.4 miSpring Green: 6% · 13.3 miMuscoda: 4% · 9.5 miIthaca: 3% · 4.5 miViroqua: 3% · 35.6 miReedsburg: 3% · 23.1 miBuena Vista: 2% · 3.7 miRichland: 2% · 5.5 miPlatteville: 1% · 39.1 miRichland Center 17%Madison 11%Spring Green 6%Muscoda 4%Ithaca 3%Sextonville
SextonvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi64 residents
21%10–24 mi46 residents
31%25–50 mi67 residents
18%Over 50 mi39 residents

About 18% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sextonville: questions

What is the median household income in Sextonville?

$72,063 (±$4,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Sextonville?

11.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Sextonville?

25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Sextonville work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Center (17%, 6 mi), Madison (11%, 45 mi), Spring Green (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

Can you get around Sextonville 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 Sextonville, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Sextonville

Sextonville home →

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.