Photo: self · CC BY-SA 2.5Most of Deerfield commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. 152 jobs are based in Deerfield, against 872 working residents. For jobs and income Deerfield is better than 86% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Deerfield, in brief
40% of Deerfield works in Madison
346 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Madison, 19 miles away. That’s far more as work in Deerfield itself. The commute map ↓
Deerfield is a place people come home to
There are 152 jobs based in Deerfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Deerfield has about 890 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 872 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Deerfield’s grade explained
Household income is its strongest input ($118,125, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Deerfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Deerfield could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
40% of working residents work in Madison
Where Deerfield clocks in
40% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
Who works in Deerfield, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 868 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Deerfield on a workday afternoon, 45% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Deerfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deerfield, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 152. 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 Deerfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Deerfield: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deerfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 675 commuters (the 16% 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.
Miles to work from Deerfield
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.
Deerfield is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 801 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.1% of Deerfield households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Deerfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Deerfield is 484th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 482 | Dovre Township MN | 2,173 | $129K | 6.2% | 0.4% | 2% | A |
| 483 | Scott Township PA | 2,133 | $84K | 2.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| 484 | Deerfield WI | 1,613 | $118K | 7.0% | 2.0% | <1% | A |
| 485 | Ashford WI | 1,746 | $91K | 2.5% | 1.0% | 6% | A |
| 486 | Jackson Township IN | 1,999 | $102K | 3.5% | 5.2% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Deerfield, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Deerfield and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deerfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deerfield | – | A | B− | 23 min | $118,125 |
| Medina | under 2% | A | B+ | 28 min | $99,750 |
| Lake Mills | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 29 min | $119,485 |
| Cottage Grove | under 2% | B+ | C− | 26 min | $87,218 |
| Christiana | under 2% | A− | C | 31 min | $83,750 |
| Pleasant Springs | under 2% | A+ | B | 23 min | $119,273 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deerfield’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Deerfield: questions
What is the median household income in Deerfield?
$118,125 (±$19,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deerfield?
7.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deerfield?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deerfield work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (40%, 19 mi), Deerfield (8%, 1 mi), Cambridge (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deerfield walkable?
Deerfield is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deerfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deerfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deerfield
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.