Photo: The original uploader was Nationalparks at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.5A job hub: Bayfield has 2.2 jobs per working resident, and 447 people come in to work
24% of workers work from home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. 495 jobs are based in Bayfield, against 220 working residents. About one in five stay in Bayfield for work; outside it, Bayfield is the main destination (14%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bayfield
Commutes from Bayfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 11 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin worker. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Bayfield works from home
24% of Bayfield workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Bayfield pay little
28% of the jobs based in Bayfield pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 220 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Bayfield’s commute takes about 11 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bayfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Most jobs in Bayfield are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bayfield, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 495. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bayfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Bayfield on a workday
On a workday 172 residents head out to work and 48 work right here.
About 860 people are in Bayfield on a workday afternoon, 47% more than live here.
2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Who travels to work in Bayfield, and from where
Where Bayfield clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Bayfield’s commute, mile by mile
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bayfield: questions
What is the median household income in Bayfield?
$70,982 (±$21,103) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bayfield?
8.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bayfield?
11 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bayfield work?
22% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bayfield (14%, 8 mi), Russell (14%, 9 mi), Ashland (10%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bayfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bayfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bayfield
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.