Work & commute · McFarland

Work & commute in McFarland, WI

Most working residents leave McFarland for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (50%), Fitchburg (4%) and Middleton (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

398 of 4,897 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,499 McFarland residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 2,623 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McFarland.

4,499live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

2,623work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McFarland goes to work

Madison8.7 mi away

50%2,472

McFarland (in town)right here

8%398

Fitchburg7.5 mi away

4%189

Middleton12.7 mi away

3%163

Monona3.4 mi away

3%145

Sun Prairie11.4 mi away

2%95

Verona13 mi away

2%92

Milwaukee66.6 mi away

2%82

Stoughton7.4 mi away

1%69

Waunakee13.5 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%1,139

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

How far

How far McFarland commutes

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

64%

20%

12%

64%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McFarland is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McFarland are

3,021 jobs are based in McFarland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McFarland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McFarland

3,021 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs McFarland residents hold

4,897 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+7%

Jobs based in McFarland, 2013 → 2023: 2,833 → 3,021. 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.