Work & commute · Fennimore

Work & commute in Fennimore, WI

About one in 4 of Fennimore’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lancaster (9%), Boscobel (7%) and Madison (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

263 of 1,164 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 901 Fennimore residents head out of town to work, 263 work right here, and 1,169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fennimore.

901live here, work elsewhere

263live and work here

1,169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fennimore goes to work

Fennimore (in town)right here

23%263

Lancaster9.9 mi away

9%105

Boscobel11.5 mi away

7%83

Madison62.2 mi away

6%72

Dodgeville26.5 mi away

5%53

Platteville20.1 mi away

3%33

Prairie du Chien24.7 mi away

2%21

Dubuque, IA33.7 mi away

1%17

Richland Center28 mi away

1%15

Muscoda17.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%489

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

How far

How far Fennimore commutes

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

31%

23%

15%

30%

31%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fennimore is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fennimore are

1,432 jobs are based in Fennimore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fennimore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fennimore

1,432 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Fennimore residents hold

1,164 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in Fennimore, 2013 → 2023: 1,160 → 1,432. 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.