Greenfield has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Hardly any stay in Greenfield for work; outside it, Tomah is the main destination (28%, 6 miles). There are 156 jobs in Greenfield, and 289 of its residents work somewhere. 5% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Greenfield: the figures worth knowing
28% of Greenfield works in Tomah
81 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Tomah, 6.3 miles away. That’s far more as work in Greenfield itself. The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 289 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Greenfield goes to work
Where Greenfield clocks in
28% of workers
9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Greenfield
About 31% 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.
Greenfield quiets down on a workday
On a workday 288 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Greenfield on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Greenfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenfield, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 156. 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 Greenfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Greenfield spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 333 commuters (the 5% 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 Greenfield compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenfield | – | — | — | 19 min | $104,375 |
| La Grange | under 2% | B | C− | 16 min | $98,958 |
| Adrian | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lafayette | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Grant | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Adrian: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lafayette and Grant: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenfield’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 Greenfield: questions
What is the median household income in Greenfield?
$104,375 (±$27,949) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenfield?
8.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenfield?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenfield work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tomah (28%, 6 mi), Sparta (9%, 13 mi), La Crosse (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Greenfield without a car?
0% 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 Greenfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenfield
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.