Work & commute · Fond du Lac

Work & commute in Fond du Lac, WI

44% of Fond du Lac’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Oshkosh (6%), Madison (2%) and Appleton (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

9,411 of 21,202 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 11,791 Fond du Lac residents head out of town to work, 9,411 work right here, and 20,713 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fond du Lac.

11,791live here, work elsewhere

9,411live and work here

20,713work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fond du Lac goes to work

Fond du Lac (in town)right here

44%9,411

Oshkosh18.4 mi away

6%1,174

Madison68.6 mi away

2%411

Appleton35.1 mi away

2%352

Milwaukee54.4 mi away

2%341

Green Bay56.5 mi away

1%247

Grand Chute36 mi away

1%246

West Bend27.7 mi away

1%221

Fond du Lac3.4 mi away

1%221

Brownsville11.2 mi away

1%211

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%8,367

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

How far

How far Fond du Lac commutes

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

50%

16%

18%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fond du Lac is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fond du Lac are

30,124 jobs are based in Fond du Lac. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fond du Lac’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fond du Lac

30,124 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Fond du Lac residents hold

21,202 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+8%

Jobs based in Fond du Lac, 2013 → 2023: 27,988 → 30,124. 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.