Work & commute · Mackford

Work & commute in Mackford, WI

Most working residents leave Mackford for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Markesan (15%), Fond du Lac (6%) and Ripon (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 183 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 180 Mackford residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mackford.

180live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

186work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mackford goes to work

Markesan4 mi away

15%27

Fond du Lac26.2 mi away

6%11

Ripon13.2 mi away

5%9

Randolph9.4 mi away

3%6

Waupun10.7 mi away

3%6

Beaver Dam14.7 mi away

3%6

Madison47 mi away

3%6

Green Lake12.2 mi away

3%5

Oshkosh31 mi away

3%5

Manchester5.5 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%97

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

How far

How far Mackford commutes

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

25%

32%

23%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mackford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mackford are

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

Jobs based in Mackford

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Mackford residents hold

183 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+39%

Jobs based in Mackford, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 189. 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.