Verona has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 15,471 people commute in to work
17,160 jobs are based in Verona for 8,006 working residents. For jobs and income Verona is better than 98% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (A−). Measured by household income, Verona is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Verona
Verona and Madison trade workers both ways
Madison is the top workplace for Verona residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Verona come from (47% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all jobs in Verona pay over $40,000 a year
85% of the jobs based in Verona pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
44% of the jobs based in Verona are held by workers 29 or younger, against 25% of Verona’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Verona is where the jobs are
Verona has 17,160 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 26,000 people are in town, 54% more than the 17,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Verona residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
Inside Verona’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Verona could be anywhere from A to A+.
The towns that send workers to Verona
Where Verona clocks in
41% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Verona
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verona, 2013 → 2023: 11,338 → 17,160. 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 Verona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Verona
On a workday 6,317 residents head out to work and 1,689 work right here.
About 26,000 people are in Verona on a workday afternoon, 54% more 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.
How far it is to work from Verona
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.
The daily trip from Verona: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verona workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,289 commuters (the 24% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Verona
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,297 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 43% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 82% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Verona households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Verona’s commuters take a bus or train.
Verona is 53rd of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Whitefish Bay WI | 14,489 | $157K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Manhattan Township IL | 13,099 | $129K | 4.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 52 | Bellaire TX | 17,434 | $244K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 5% | A+ |
| 53 | Verona WI | 16,821 | $120K | 1.4% | 1.6% | 21% | A+ |
| 54 | Concord Township PA | 18,477 | $132K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 9% | A+ |
| 55 | Pine Township PA | 15,475 | $185K | 4.4% | 1.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Waunakee WI | 16,411 | $125K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Verona, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
41% of Verona works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Madison. Darker towns draw more of Verona’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 Verona: questions
What is the median household income in Verona?
$119,606 (±$15,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verona?
1.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verona?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verona work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (41%, 9 mi), Middleton (6%, 8 mi), Fitchburg (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Verona walkable?
Verona is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Verona without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Verona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verona
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.