Work & commute · North Freedom

Work & commute in North Freedom, WI

Most working residents leave North Freedom for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Reedsburg (18%), Baraboo (10%) and Lake Delton (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 291 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 289 North Freedom residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Freedom.

289live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

35work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Freedom goes to work

Reedsburg8.9 mi away

18%52

Baraboo5.8 mi away

10%30

Lake Delton9.8 mi away

8%24

Madison33.3 mi away

7%19

Wisconsin Dells13.1 mi away

6%18

Dellona10.1 mi away

2%5

Sun Prairie36.3 mi away

1%4

Fitchburg39.1 mi away

1%4

Delton7.9 mi away

1%4

West Baraboo4.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%128

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

How far

How far North Freedom commutes

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

37%

20%

19%

24%

37%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Freedom is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Freedom are

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

Jobs based in North Freedom

37 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs North Freedom residents hold

291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+23%

Jobs based in North Freedom, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 37. 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.