Work & commute · Friendship

Work & commute in Friendship, WI

Most working residents leave Friendship for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Adams (16%), Westfield (5%) and Adams (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

28 of 221 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 193 Friendship residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 817 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Friendship.

193live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

817work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Friendship goes to work

Adams1.2 mi away

16%35

Friendship (in town)right here

13%28

Westfield16.4 mi away

5%10

Adams2.3 mi away

4%9

Lake Delton26.3 mi away

4%8

Reedsburg31.4 mi away

3%7

Wisconsin Dells23.1 mi away

3%6

Wisconsin Rapids29.1 mi away

3%6

Madison64.1 mi away

2%5

Necedah13.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%103

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

How far

How far Friendship commutes

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

36%

18%

20%

27%

36%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Friendship is a job hub

3.82jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Friendship are

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

Jobs based in Friendship

845 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Friendship residents hold

221 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+27%

Jobs based in Friendship, 2013 → 2023: 665 → 845. 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.