Regional Workforce Commuting Patterns

The Madison Region has a built-in advantage with its eight-county labor shed. The central urban core, Madison, pulls work force from all eight surrounding counties, while the surrounding counties also share a flexible labor pool, as shown in the table below (2004 data).

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Of 233 U.S. counties, Dane County ranked 215th lowest for average commute time.
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County of Employment - Columbia County
Counties Where Workers LiveNumber of JobsShare
Columbia County, WI 10,03351.4%
Dane County, WI 1,7138.8%
Dodge County, WI 1,5588.0%
Marquette County, WI 1,1255.8%
Sauk County, WI 1,0815.5%
Adams County, WI 5662.9%
Milwaukee County, WI 2581.3%
Fond du Lac County, WI 2181.1%
Juneau County, WI 2171.1%
Green Lake County, WI 1911.0%
All Other Locations2,54213.0%
Total Primary Jobs19,502100.0%
 
County of Employment - Dane County
Counties Where Workers LiveNumber of JobsShare
Dane County, WI 179,92667.1%
Columbia County, WI 9,5663.6%
Rock County, WI 7,8872.9%
Milwaukee County, WI 7,8832.9%
Waukesha County, WI 4,9671.9%
Jefferson County, WI 4,8171.8%
Sauk County, WI 4,4651.7%
Green County, WI 4,3201.6%
Iowa County, WI 3,2711.2%
Dodge County, WI 2,7971.0%
All Other Locations38,22314.3%
Total Primary Jobs268,122100.0%
 
County of Employment - Dodge County
Counties Where Workers LiveNumber of JobsShare
Dodge County, WI 19,75956.9%
Fond du Lac County, WI 3,55410.2%
Jefferson County, WI 1,4104.1%
Columbia County, WI 1,1323.3%
Milwaukee County, WI 1,1113.2%
Washington County, WI 1,0833.1%
Dane County, WI 9262.7%
Waukesha County, WI 8662.5%
Winnebago County, WI 4801.4%
Green Lake County, WI 4181.2%
All Other Locations3,97211.4%
Total Primary Jobs34,711100.0%
 
County of Employment - Green County
Counties Where Workers LiveNumber of JobsShare
Green County, WI 7,80258.9%
Dane County, WI 9697.3%
Lafayette County, WI 9196.9%
Rock County, WI 8446.4%
Stephenson, Illinois 7665.8%
Milwaukee County, WI 1841.4%
Jo Daviess, Illinois 1671.3%
Grant County, WI 1531.2%
Winnebago, Illinois 920.7%
Iowa County, WI 880.7%
All Other Locations1,2709.6%
Total Primary Jobs13,254100.0%
 
County of Employment - Iowa County
Counties Where Workers LiveNumber of JobsShare
Iowa County, WI 4,93744.7%
Grant County, WI 1,52713.8%
Dane County, WI 1,36312.3%
Sauk County, WI 7737.0%
Lafayette County, WI 7516.8%
Richland County, WI 2892.6%
Portage County, WI 1601.4%
Juneau County, WI 1111.0%
Columbia County, WI 950.9%
Vernon County, WI 880.8%
All Other Locations9608.7%
Total Primary Jobs11,054100.0%
 
County of Employment - Jefferson County
Counties Where Workers LiveNumber of JobsShare
Jefferson County, WI 16,78555.6%
Dodge County, WI 3,22710.7%
Rock County, WI 1,6945.6%
Dane County, WI 1,6845.6%
Waukesha County, WI 1,4554.8%
Walworth County, WI 8092.7%
Milwaukee County, WI 7712.6%
Racine County, WI 2320.8%
Columbia County, WI 2130.7%
Washington County, WI 1910.6%
All Other Locations3,13110.4%
Total Primary Jobs30,192100.0%
 
County of Employment - Rock County
Counties Where Workers LiveNumber of JobsShare
Rock County, WI 43,85668.5%
Dane County, WI 3,0464.8%
Winnebago, Illinois 2,8924.5%
Green County, WI 1,3122.1%
Walworth County, WI 1,2952.0%
Milwaukee County, WI 1,1781.8%
Jefferson County, WI 9481.5%
Waukesha County, WI 8131.3%
Sheboygan County, WI 6731.1%
Racine County, WI 6591.0%
All Other Locations7,32711.4%
Total Primary Jobs63,999100.0%
 
County of Employment - Sauk County
Counties Where Workers LiveNumber of JobsShare
Sauk County, WI 16,48952.0%
Dane County, WI 2,7798.8%
Columbia County, WI 1,7205.4%
Juneau County, WI 1,4774.7%
Richland County, WI 1,3204.2%
Adams County, WI 8162.6%
Iowa County, WI 6722.1%
Milwaukee County, WI 4721.5%
Grant County, WI 4631.5%
Monroe County, WI 4041.3%
All Other Locations5,10116.1%
Total Primary Jobs31,713100.0%
(1) Source: US Census Bureau, LED Origin-Destination Data Base (2nd Quarter 2004)
Primary job is a Worker's highest paying job