Pecatonica Battlefield · Photo: Rattis_irrittis (Uploads) · Public domainWiota has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 26 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. 91 jobs are based in Wiota for 403 working residents. Only 2% work in Wiota itself; outside it, Monroe draws the most (18%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wiota, in brief
How a workday changes Wiota
On a workday 393 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Wiota 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.
Out of Wiota to work: where people go
Where Wiota clocks in
18% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
A place that makes things: 59% of Wiota’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wiota, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 91. 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 Wiota’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Wiota
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wiota workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wiota
About 15% 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.
Next door to Wiota
The biggest share goes to Darlington (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wiota workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wiota | – | — | — | 26 min | $103,125 |
| Darlington | 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Jordan | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Wayne | 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lamont | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Gratiot | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Argyle | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Darlington and Wayne: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Jordan, Lamont, Gratiot and Argyle: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wiota’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 Wiota: questions
What is the median household income in Wiota?
$103,125 (±$11,099) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wiota?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wiota?
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 Wiota work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (18%, 15 mi), Darlington (8%, 10 mi), Madison (4%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wiota 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 Wiota, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wiota
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.