Work & commute · Fox Lake

Work & commute in Fox Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Fox Lake for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Beaver Dam (10%), Madison (9%) and Waupun (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 638 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 589 Fox Lake residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 732 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fox Lake.

589live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

732work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fox Lake goes to work

Beaver Dam7.4 mi away

10%66

Madison41.7 mi away

9%59

Fox Lake (in town)right here

8%49

Waupun10.1 mi away

5%32

Fox Lake2.3 mi away

4%24

Mayville18.9 mi away

3%18

Randolph4.7 mi away

3%17

Horicon15.9 mi away

3%17

Beaver Dam9.5 mi away

3%16

Milwaukee58.8 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%325

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

How far

How far Fox Lake commutes

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

32%

21%

26%

21%

32%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fox Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fox Lake are

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

Jobs based in Fox Lake

781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Fox Lake residents hold

638 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+52%

Jobs based in Fox Lake, 2013 → 2023: 513 → 781. 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.