Work & commute · Orfordville

Work & commute in Orfordville, WI

Most working residents leave Orfordville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Janesville (21%), Madison (11%) and Beloit (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 618 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 594 Orfordville residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orfordville.

594live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

353work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orfordville goes to work

Janesville13 mi away

21%130

Madison32.9 mi away

11%66

Beloit14.2 mi away

5%31

Brodhead6.1 mi away

4%26

Orfordville (in town)right here

4%24

Evansville10.5 mi away

4%23

Rockford, IL27.4 mi away

3%18

Center7 mi away

2%15

Footville3.8 mi away

2%14

Milwaukee71.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%261

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

How far

How far Orfordville commutes

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

15%

41%

24%

19%

15%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orfordville is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orfordville are

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

Jobs based in Orfordville

377 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Orfordville residents hold

618 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+12%

Jobs based in Orfordville, 2013 → 2023: 337 → 377. 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.