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
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.
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.
About 270 people are in Sextonville on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where Sextonville’s working residents head each day
Where Sextonville clocks in
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Sextonville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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.
About 25 minutes to work from Sextonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sextonville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
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.
The commute from Sextonville, by distance
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.
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 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.
More of Sextonville
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.