Work & commute · Homestead

Work & commute in Homestead, WI

Most working residents leave Homestead for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (27%), Florence (11%) and Kingsford (9%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 170 Homestead residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homestead.

170live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

11work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homestead goes to work

Iron Mountain, MI12.4 mi away

27%47

Florence12.7 mi away

11%20

Kingsford, MI10 mi away

9%16

Aurora8.7 mi away

5%9

Breitung, MI16 mi away

4%7

Fern7.9 mi away

3%5

Niagara13.9 mi away

2%4

Commonwealth8 mi away

2%4

Homestead (in town)right here

2%4

De Pere91.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%55

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

How far

How far Homestead commutes

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

43%

27%

24%

43%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homestead 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 Homestead are

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

Jobs based in Homestead

15 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less87%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Homestead residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+650%

Jobs based in Homestead, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 15. 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.