Work & commute · Bayfield

Work & commute in Bayfield, WI

Most working residents leave Bayfield for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Bayfield (27%), Russell (14%) and Ashland (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

37 of 265 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 228 Bayfield residents head out of town to work, 37 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bayfield.

228live here, work elsewhere

37live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bayfield goes to work

Bayfield7.5 mi away

27%71

Bayfield (in town)right here

14%37

Russell6.8 mi away

14%37

Ashland21 mi away

6%17

Washburn14.3 mi away

5%12

Bell10.7 mi away

2%4

Milwaukee301.4 mi away

1%3

Hayward65.5 mi away

1%2

Marshfield157.7 mi away

1%2

New Berlin303.2 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%78

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

How far

How far Bayfield commutes

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

56%

15%

26%

56%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bayfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bayfield are

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

Jobs based in Bayfield

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Bayfield residents hold

265 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+74%

Jobs based in Bayfield, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 264. 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.