Work & commute · Fort Winnebago

Work & commute in Fort Winnebago, WI

Most working residents leave Fort Winnebago for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Portage (20%), Madison (19%) and DeForest (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 430 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 429 Fort Winnebago residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Winnebago.

429live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Winnebago goes to work

Portage4.6 mi away

20%87

Madison36 mi away

19%83

DeForest26.5 mi away

3%15

Wisconsin Dells17.8 mi away

3%14

Janesville67.1 mi away

3%11

Baraboo18.5 mi away

2%9

Sun Prairie30.9 mi away

2%8

Lake Delton18.1 mi away

2%7

Milwaukee82.3 mi away

2%7

Lodi21 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%183

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

How far

How far Fort Winnebago commutes

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

25%

17%

38%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Winnebago is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Winnebago are

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

Jobs based in Fort Winnebago

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Fort Winnebago residents hold

430 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−73%

Jobs based in Fort Winnebago, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 39. 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.