Steam Locomotive #1385 · Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainFreedom has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 33 jobs in Freedom for 249 working residents. Hardly any work in Freedom itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (15%, 33 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Freedom and work: the main findings
Freedom is a place people come home to
There are 33 jobs based in Freedom, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Freedom has about 240 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Freedom’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Freedom is Madison, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (37) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Freedom workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 249 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Freedom on a workday
On a workday 249 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Freedom on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Freedom’s commute, mile by mile
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 27 minutes each way for Freedom’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Freedom workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where Freedom goes to work
Where Freedom clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in Freedom
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Freedom, 2014 → 2024: 32 → 33. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Freedom’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work in the towns next to Freedom
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Freedom workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom | – | — | — | 27 min | $92,500 |
| North Freedom | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Baraboo | under 3% | B+ | B− | 18 min | $100,909 |
| Westfield | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Honey Creek | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Sumpter | under 3% | C+ | D | 25 min | $59,231 |
| Excelsior | under 3% | B | D− | 21 min | $92,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Freedom and Honey Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Westfield: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Freedom’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 2024, 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 Freedom: questions
What is the median household income in Freedom?
$92,500 (±$25,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Freedom?
3.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Freedom?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Freedom work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (15%, 33 mi), Sauk City (8%, 13 mi), Prairie du Sac (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Freedom without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Freedom, from the people who make the trip.
More of Freedom
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.