Work & commute · Fairwater

Work & commute in Fairwater, WI

Most working residents leave Fairwater for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Fond du Lac (11%), Ripon (11%) and Waupun (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 173 Fairwater residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairwater.

173live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairwater goes to work

Fond du Lac21.4 mi away

11%20

Ripon7.1 mi away

11%19

Waupun10 mi away

7%12

Rosendale10.8 mi away

6%10

Alto4.8 mi away

6%10

Brandon4.3 mi away

5%8

Beaver Dam18.6 mi away

3%6

Mayville23.3 mi away

2%4

Neenah34.9 mi away

2%4

Oshkosh24.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%77

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

How far

How far Fairwater commutes

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

26%

44%

11%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairwater is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairwater are

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

Jobs based in Fairwater

368 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Fairwater residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+2065%

Jobs based in Fairwater, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 368. 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.