Work & commute · Bayfield

Work & commute in Bayfield, WI

About one in 5 of Bayfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bayfield (14%), Russell (14%) and Ashland (10%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

48 of 220 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 172 Bayfield residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 447 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bayfield.

172live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

447work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bayfield goes to work

Bayfield (in town)right here

22%48

Bayfield7.5 mi away

14%30

Russell9.1 mi away

14%30

Ashland16.3 mi away

10%21

Washburn10.3 mi away

4%9

Bell14.2 mi away

3%6

Duluth, MN62 mi away

1%3

Marshfield152 mi away

1%3

Green Bay209.5 mi away

1%3

Milwaukee294.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%64

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.

50%

17%

28%

50%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bayfield is a job hub

2.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bayfield are

495 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

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Bayfield residents hold

220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+20%

Jobs based in Bayfield, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 495. 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.