Work & commute · Westfield

Work & commute in Westfield, WI

Most working residents leave Westfield for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Westfield (13%), Portage (11%) and Montello (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

63 of 562 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 499 Westfield residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 527 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westfield.

499live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

527work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westfield goes to work

Westfield2.7 mi away

13%72

Westfield (in town)right here

11%63

Portage23.3 mi away

11%61

Montello10.1 mi away

3%18

Oxford8.1 mi away

3%17

Wisconsin Dells22.1 mi away

3%16

Madison55.2 mi away

3%15

Lake Delton25 mi away

2%14

Milwaukee95.3 mi away

2%11

Baraboo31.3 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%267

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

How far

How far Westfield commutes

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

30%

25%

17%

28%

30%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westfield are

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

Jobs based in Westfield

590 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Westfield residents hold

562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+38%

Jobs based in Westfield, 2013 → 2023: 427 → 590. 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.