Work & commute · Shields

Work & commute in Shields, WI

Most working residents leave Shields for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Watertown (18%), Madison (11%) and Juneau (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 228 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 226 Shields residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shields.

226live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shields goes to work

Watertown5.4 mi away

18%41

Madison32.5 mi away

11%25

Juneau12.9 mi away

6%13

Oconomowoc18.6 mi away

5%12

Emmet5.3 mi away

4%10

Johnson Creek11 mi away

2%4

Mayville22.7 mi away

2%4

Jefferson15.9 mi away

2%4

Oconomowoc17.7 mi away

2%4

Rubicon18.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%107

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

How far

How far Shields commutes

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

28%

37%

26%

28%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shields is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shields are

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

Jobs based in Shields

59 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Shields residents hold

228 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−23%

Jobs based in Shields, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 59. 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.