With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Wingville works elsewhere
Wingville has 36 jobs, against 188 working residents. Hardly any stay in Wingville for work; outside it, Muscoda is the main destination (12%, 14 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, 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 commutes out of Wingville, and who commutes in
On a workday 187 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Wingville on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 places Wingville commutes to
Where Wingville clocks in
9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 67% of the jobs in Wingville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wingville, 2013 → 2023: 138 → 36. 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 Wingville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Wingville: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wingville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 commuters (the 10% 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.
Wingville’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
Wingville and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wingville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wingville | – | — | — | 21 min | $82,344 |
| Montfort | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Castle Rock | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Fennimore | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Clifton | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Highland | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Eden | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Montfort, Castle Rock and Highland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Fennimore, Clifton and Eden: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wingville’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 Wingville: questions
What is the median household income in Wingville?
$82,344 (±$9,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wingville?
5.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wingville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wingville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muscoda (12%, 14 mi), Madison (9%, 54 mi), Lancaster (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wingville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wingville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wingville
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.