Mottley Family Farmstead · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0Willow Springs has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any stay in Willow Springs for work; outside it, Darlington is the main destination (20%, 6 miles). 68 jobs are based in Willow Springs for 355 working residents. Working residents average 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Willow Springs in brief
Willow Springs and Darlington trade workers both ways
Darlington is the top workplace for Willow Springs residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Willow Springs come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Willow Springs is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Willow Springs, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Willow Springs has about 600 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Willow Springs workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 355 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Willow Springs goes to work
Where Willow Springs clocks in
20% 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.
Who commutes out of Willow Springs, and who commutes in
On a workday 355 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Willow Springs on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
How long Willow Springs spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willow Springs workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 311 commuters (the 15% 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.
In Willow Springs, 76% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willow Springs, 2014 → 2024: 46 → 68. 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 Willow Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Willow Springs, by distance
About 19% 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.
Work in the towns next to Willow Springs
The biggest share goes to Darlington (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willow Springs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Springs | – | — | — | 27 min | $90,978 |
| Mineral Point | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Kendall | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Darlington | 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Fayette | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Lamont | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mineral Point and Darlington: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Kendall, Fayette and Lamont: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Willow Springs’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 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 Willow Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Willow Springs?
$90,978 (±$10,793) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willow Springs?
9.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willow Springs?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willow Springs work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Darlington (20%, 6 mi), Dodgeville (6%, 14 mi), Mineral Point (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Willow Springs without a car?
0% 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 Willow Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willow Springs
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.