Watterstown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average; the Wisconsin average is 22, the U.S. 26. Watterstown has 8 jobs, against 157 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 16% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Watterstown on a workday
On a workday 157 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Watterstown on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2023, primary jobs.
19% of working residents work in Boscobel
Where Watterstown clocks in
19% 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.
The kinds of work in Watterstown
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Watterstown, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 8. 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 Watterstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes each way for Watterstown’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Watterstown workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 152 commuters (the 16% 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 Watterstown’s workers travel
About 31% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Watterstown and its neighbors: 19% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Watterstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watterstown | – | — | — | 34 min | $70,000 |
| Richwood | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Boscobel | 19% | D | A− | 17 min | $54,071 |
| Boscobel | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Muscoda | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Hickory Grove | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richwood and Hickory Grove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Boscobel and Muscoda: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Boscobel. Darker towns draw more of Watterstown’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 Watterstown: questions
What is the median household income in Watterstown?
$70,000 (±$24,286) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Watterstown?
7.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Watterstown?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Watterstown work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boscobel (19%, 5 mi), Muscoda (9%, 9 mi), Lancaster (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Watterstown without a car?
1% 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 Watterstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Watterstown
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.