Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Fairwater has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 367 people commute in to work
The average commute takes 23 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. Fairwater has 368 jobs, and 174 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Fairwater for work; outside it, Fond du Lac is the main destination (11%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Fairwater
On a workday 173 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 550 people are in Fairwater on a workday afternoon, 55% more 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.
Where Fairwater’s workers come from
Where Fairwater clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
What Fairwater’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fairwater, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 368. 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 Fairwater’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Fairwater
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fairwater workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 164 commuters (the 9% 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.
The distance from Fairwater to work
About 18% 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 Fairwater: questions
What is the median household income in Fairwater?
$71,250 (±$25,083) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fairwater?
18.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fairwater?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fairwater work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fond du Lac (11%, 21 mi), Ripon (11%, 7 mi), Waupun (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fairwater 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 Fairwater, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fairwater
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.