Most of Wyocena commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Wyocena has 112 jobs, and 344 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Wyocena; the top destination outside it is Madison (19%, 29 miles). The average commute takes 30 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Wyocena, in brief
Wyocena’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wyocena is Madison, 29 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (66) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Wyocena workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 344 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from Wyocena
About 21% 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.
About 30 minutes to work from Wyocena
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wyocena workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 340 commuters (the 12% 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.
Who works in Wyocena, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 342 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Wyocena 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Wyocena’s working residents head each day
Where Wyocena clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Wyocena
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wyocena, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 112. 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 Wyocena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Wyocena: questions
What is the median household income in Wyocena?
$83,269 (±$9,722) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wyocena?
11.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wyocena?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wyocena work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (19%, 29 mi), Portage (12%, 9 mi), Pardeeville (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wyocena 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 Wyocena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wyocena
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.