Work & commute · Friesland

Work & commute in Friesland, WI

Most working residents leave Friesland for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (12%), Randolph (9%) and Beaver Dam (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 112 Friesland residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Friesland.

112live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Friesland goes to work

Madison39.1 mi away

12%14

Randolph4.6 mi away

9%10

Beaver Dam14.2 mi away

7%8

Portage20.2 mi away

6%7

Randolph2.4 mi away

4%5

Cambria3.9 mi away

4%4

DeForest28.4 mi away

3%3

Sun Prairie29.3 mi away

3%3

Friesland (in town)right here

2%2

Rio12.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%56

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

How far

How far Friesland commutes

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

20%

28%

37%

15%

20%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

37%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Friesland is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Friesland are

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

Jobs based in Friesland

62 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities76%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Friesland residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+63%

Jobs based in Friesland, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 62. 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.