Work & commute · Fern

Work & commute in Fern, WI

Most working residents leave Fern for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (22%), Florence (14%) and Kingsford (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 94 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

46 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 94 Fern residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fern.

94live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fern goes to work

Iron Mountain, MI14.9 mi away

22%21

Florence5.3 mi away

14%13

Kingsford, MI13.2 mi away

7%7

Niagara18.1 mi away

4%4

Breitung, MI17.4 mi away

4%4

Aurora13.9 mi away

4%4

Crystal Falls, MI17.2 mi away

2%2

Norway, MI22.1 mi away

2%2

Sheboygan148.7 mi away

2%2

Milwaukee193.1 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%33

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

How far

How far Fern commutes

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

15%

49%

33%

15%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fern is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fern are

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

Jobs based in Fern

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Fern residents hold

94 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−47%

Jobs based in Fern, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 34. 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.