Frankfort has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 20 minutes, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. Frankfort has 76 jobs for 272 working residents. Hardly any stay in Frankfort for work; outside it, Abbotsford is the main destination (17%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Frankfort, in brief
Who commutes out of Frankfort, and who commutes in
On a workday 270 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Frankfort on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Out of Frankfort to work: where people go
Where Frankfort clocks in
17% 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.
Frankfort makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frankfort, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 76. 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 Frankfort’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Frankfort’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frankfort workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 238 commuters (the 10% 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.
How far Frankfort goes to work
About 19% 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.
Frankfort and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frankfort workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort | – | — | — | 20 min | $87,500 |
| Hull | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Johnson | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Wien | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Eau Pleine | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hull and Eau Pleine: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Johnson and Wien: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frankfort’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 Frankfort: questions
What is the median household income in Frankfort?
$87,500 (±$30,680) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frankfort?
5.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frankfort?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frankfort work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abbotsford (17%, 9 mi), Medford (10%, 19 mi), Marshfield (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Frankfort without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Frankfort, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frankfort
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.