Work & commute · Abbotsford

Work & commute in Abbotsford, WI

About one in 5 of Abbotsford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Colby (11%), Medford (9%) and Dorchester (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

177 of 816 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 639 Abbotsford residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 1,612 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Abbotsford.

639live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

1,612work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Abbotsford goes to work

Abbotsford (in town)right here

22%177

Colby2.2 mi away

11%87

Medford13.3 mi away

9%71

Dorchester4.1 mi away

6%49

Hull4.8 mi away

4%34

Curtiss6 mi away

3%25

Marshfield20.6 mi away

3%23

Holton5 mi away

2%18

Eau Claire58.3 mi away

2%17

Mayville4.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%304

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Abbotsford commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

51%

21%

23%

51%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Abbotsford is a job hub

2.19jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Abbotsford are

1,789 jobs are based in Abbotsford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abbotsford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Abbotsford

1,789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Abbotsford residents hold

816 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+9%

Jobs based in Abbotsford, 2013 → 2023: 1,642 → 1,789. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.