Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Fennimore has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 72 jobs are based in Fennimore; 255 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Fennimore; the top destination outside it is Fennimore (20%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Fennimore apart on work
Fennimore and Fennimore trade workers both ways
Fennimore is the top workplace for Fennimore residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Fennimore come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fennimore is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Fennimore, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fennimore has about 420 people in it, 30% 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 255 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where people from Fennimore work
Where Fennimore clocks in
20% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
How many people are in Fennimore by day
On a workday 249 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Fennimore on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 60% of the jobs in Fennimore
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fennimore, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 72. 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 Fennimore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Fennimore: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fennimore workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 211 commuters (the 19% 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.
Half of Fennimore commutes less than 17 miles
About 27% 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.
How Fennimore compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fennimore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fennimore | – | — | — | 21 min | $51,875 |
| Wingville | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Hickory Grove | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Mount Ida | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Liberty | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wingville, Hickory Grove, Mount Ida and Liberty: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fennimore’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 Fennimore: questions
What is the median household income in Fennimore?
$51,875 (±$34,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fennimore?
42.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fennimore?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fennimore work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fennimore (20%, 2 mi), Lancaster (9%, 11 mi), Boscobel (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fennimore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fennimore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fennimore
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.