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Work & commute in Bayfront · A commuter town

100% of Bayfront’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Bayfront for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (38%), White River (15%) and Mellen (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 47 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
7%
Less than WI (13%)
Jobs based here
2
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Bayfront?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

38% of working residents work in Ashland

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Ironwood: 1 residents work here (2%)Columbia Heights: 1 residents work here (2%)Lake Elmo: 1 residents work here (2%)Blaine: 1 residents work here (2%)Forest Lake: 1 residents work here (2%)DuluthMellen: 3 residents work here (6%)Waupaca: 1 residents work here (2%)Ashland: 18 residents work here (38%)Wauwatosa: 1 residents work here (2%)White River: 7 residents work here (15%)SanbornBayfrontAshlandWhite RiverMellenIronwoodColumbia HeightsLake ElmoBayfront
1
Ashland4.9 mi away
38%18
2
White River12.5 mi away
15%7
3
Mellen21.6 mi away
6%3
4
Ironwood, MI32.6 mi away
2%1
52%1
6
Lake Elmo, MN152.3 mi away
2%1
7
Blaine, MN153.5 mi away
2%1
8
Forest Lake, MN141.2 mi away
2%1
9
Waupaca177.8 mi away
2%1
10
Wauwatosa280.5 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
26%12
The top trips

Where Bayfront clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Bayfront quiets down on a workday

On a workday 47 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

47live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday90
140live here− 47head out to work+ 2come in to work= 90on a workday

About 90 people are in Bayfront on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.04 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Bayfront commutes less than 12 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miAshland: 38% · 4.9 miWhite River: 15% · 12.5 miMellen: 6% · 21.6 miIronwood: 2% · 32.6 miColumbia Heights: 2% · 160.7 miLake Elmo: 2% · 152.3 miBlaine: 2% · 153.5 miForest Lake: 2% · 141.2 miWaupaca: 2% · 177.8 miWauwatosa: 2% · 280.5 miAshland 38%White River 15%Mellen 6%Ironwood 2%Columbia Heights 2%Bayfront
BayfrontTop destinations (size = commuters)
43%Under 10 mi20 residents
30%10–24 mi14 residents
4%25–50 mi2 residents
23%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 23% 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.

The jobs

100% of the jobs in Bayfront pay over $3,333 a month

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

Jobs based in BayfrontJobs Bayfront residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%21%
Trade, transport & utilities100%19%
Services: health, schools, offices0%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%30%
Over $3,333 a month100%57%

Who does it

29 or younger0%23%
30 to 540%47%
55 and older100%30%
−71%

Jobs based in Bayfront, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 2. 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Bayfront

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
7%

of Bayfront workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Next door

Bayfront and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Bayfront’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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