Work & commute · Fifield

Work & commute in Fifield, WI

Most working residents leave Fifield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Park Falls (25%), Phillips (12%) and Minocqua (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 354 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 336 Fifield residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fifield.

336live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fifield goes to work

Park Falls11.9 mi away

25%90

Phillips14.3 mi away

12%42

Fifield (in town)right here

5%18

Minocqua16.4 mi away

5%16

Lac du Flambeau18.2 mi away

4%15

Eau Claire94.7 mi away

2%8

Medford50.3 mi away

2%7

Ladysmith50.3 mi away

2%6

Tomahawk36 mi away

1%5

Worcester9.2 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%142

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

How far

How far Fifield commutes

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

26%

24%

19%

32%

26%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fifield is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fifield are

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

Jobs based in Fifield

102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Fifield residents hold

354 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+11%

Jobs based in Fifield, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 102. 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.