Work & commute · Porterfield

Work & commute in Porterfield, WI

Most working residents leave Porterfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marinette (38%), Menominee (8%) and Peshtigo (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 949 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 930 Porterfield residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Porterfield.

930live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Porterfield goes to work

Marinette8.9 mi away

38%356

Menominee, MI7.9 mi away

8%74

Peshtigo7.8 mi away

5%46

Green Bay46.2 mi away

4%41

Crivitz12.3 mi away

2%21

Porterfield (in town)right here

2%19

Wagner10.2 mi away

2%19

Ashwaubenon50.3 mi away

2%18

Appleton68.8 mi away

2%16

Milwaukee146 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%325

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

How far

How far Porterfield commutes

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

42%

21%

27%

42%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Porterfield is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Porterfield are

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

Jobs based in Porterfield

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less59%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Porterfield residents hold

949 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−29%

Jobs based in Porterfield, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 61. 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.