Wonewoc has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
47 jobs are based in Wonewoc, against 255 working residents. Only 2% stay in Wonewoc for work; outside it, Elroy is the main destination (16%, 4 miles). Home is the office for 6% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wonewoc at work: what stands out
The workday shuffle in and out of Wonewoc
On a workday 251 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Wonewoc on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where people from Wonewoc work
Where Wonewoc clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Wonewoc makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wonewoc, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 47. 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 Wonewoc’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Wonewoc spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wonewoc workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 323 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far it is to work from Wonewoc
About 27% 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.
18% of Wonewoc works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wonewoc workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wonewoc | – | — | — | 20 min | $72,115 |
| Elroy | 16% | C− | B− | 20 min | $58,385 |
| Hillsboro | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Woodland | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Summit | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Plymouth | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hillsboro, Summit and Plymouth: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Woodland: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Elroy. Darker towns draw more of Wonewoc’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 Wonewoc: questions
What is the median household income in Wonewoc?
$72,115 (±$5,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wonewoc?
5.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wonewoc?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wonewoc work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Elroy (16%, 4 mi), Reedsburg (12%, 16 mi), Mauston (11%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wonewoc without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wonewoc, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wonewoc
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.