Most of Willow commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Willow report 10 jobs, and 189 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Willow itself; outside it, Richland Center draws the most (23%, 8 miles). The average commute takes 26 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Willow for work, and who comes in
On a workday 189 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Willow on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 towns that employ Willow’s residents
Where Willow clocks in
8% 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.
Willow is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willow, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 10. 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 Willow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Willow’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willow workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 144 commuters (the 17% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Willow
About 26% 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.
Around Willow: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Ithaca (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willow workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow | – | — | — | 26 min | $63,125 |
| Rockbridge | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Ithaca | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Westford | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Washington | under 3% | C− | B− | 27 min | $81,071 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rockbridge and Ithaca: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Westford: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Willow’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 Willow: questions
What is the median household income in Willow?
$63,125 (±$19,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willow?
5.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willow?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willow work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Center (23%, 8 mi), Madison (8%, 48 mi), Spring Green (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Willow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Willow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willow
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.