Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Wauzeka has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Wauzeka has 88 jobs; 295 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Wauzeka itself; outside it, Prairie du Chien draws the most (37%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wauzeka
Wauzeka and Prairie du Chien trade workers both ways
Prairie du Chien is the top workplace for Wauzeka residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Wauzeka come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wauzeka is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Wauzeka, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wauzeka has about 410 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. 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; with 295 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Wauzeka to work: where people go
Where Wauzeka clocks in
37% of workers
5% 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.
Wauzeka quiets down on a workday
On a workday 287 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Wauzeka on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The commute from Wauzeka, by distance
About 32% 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.
What Wauzeka’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wauzeka, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 88. 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 Wauzeka’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Wauzeka: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wauzeka workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 240 commuters (the 7% 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.
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 Wauzeka: questions
What is the median household income in Wauzeka?
$73,333 (±$11,154) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wauzeka?
12.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wauzeka?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wauzeka work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prairie du Chien (37%, 12 mi), Bridgeport (7%, 11 mi), Boscobel (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wauzeka without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wauzeka, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wauzeka
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.