Work & commute · Richford

Work & commute in Richford, WI

Most working residents leave Richford for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wautoma (10%), Westfield (5%) and Stevens Point (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 291 Richford residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Richford.

291live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Richford goes to work

Wautoma6.3 mi away

10%31

Westfield13.1 mi away

5%16

Richford (in town)right here

4%13

Stevens Point35.3 mi away

4%11

Portage33.1 mi away

3%9

Coloma6.3 mi away

2%7

Westfield10.7 mi away

2%7

Ashwaubenon72.3 mi away

2%7

Milwaukee98 mi away

2%7

Richfield11.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

62%189

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

How far

How far Richford commutes

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

23%

25%

27%

23%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Richford is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Richford are

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

Jobs based in Richford

134 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Richford residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+120%

Jobs based in Richford, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 134. 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.