Work & commute · Markesan

Work & commute in Markesan, WI

Most working residents leave Markesan for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Ripon (6%), Fond du Lac (5%) and Oshkosh (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

98 of 581 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 483 Markesan residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 617 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Markesan.

483live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

617work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Markesan goes to work

Markesan (in town)right here

17%98

Ripon12 mi away

6%37

Fond du Lac28.1 mi away

5%27

Oshkosh30.5 mi away

4%22

Beaver Dam18.6 mi away

4%21

Manchester3.9 mi away

3%17

Mackford4 mi away

3%15

Randolph12.1 mi away

2%13

Green Lake9.4 mi away

2%12

Fox Lake11.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%308

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

How far

How far Markesan commutes

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

30%

25%

24%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Markesan is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Markesan are

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

Jobs based in Markesan

715 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Markesan residents hold

581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−7%

Jobs based in Markesan, 2013 → 2023: 772 → 715. 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.