Work & commute · Deerfield

Work & commute in Deerfield, WI

Most working residents leave Deerfield for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (39%), Sun Prairie (4%) and Cambridge (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 1,261 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,173 Deerfield residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 1,153 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deerfield.

1,173live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

1,153work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deerfield goes to work

Madison18.1 mi away

39%493

Deerfield (in town)right here

7%88

Sun Prairie12.3 mi away

4%49

Cambridge4 mi away

4%48

Middleton22.1 mi away

3%38

Fitchburg18.2 mi away

3%35

Monona13 mi away

2%29

Cottage Grove7.2 mi away

2%28

Milwaukee56 mi away

2%28

Fort Atkinson14.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%400

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

How far

How far Deerfield commutes

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

19%

66%

19%Under 10 mi

66%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deerfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Deerfield are

1,241 jobs are based in Deerfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deerfield

1,241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Deerfield residents hold

1,261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+8%

Jobs based in Deerfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,148 → 1,241. 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.