Most of Richford commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Richford report 134 jobs, against 304 working residents. Only 4% work in Richford; the top destination outside it is Wautoma (10%, 6 miles). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Richford: the gist
From Richford, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richford workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 14% 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.
Who works in Richford, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Richford on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Where Richford’s working residents head each day
Where Richford clocks in
10% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Richford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richford, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 134. 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 Richford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Richford
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.
Next door to Richford
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richford | – | — | — | 29 min | $66,719 |
| Newton | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Deerfield | under 3% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Dakota | under 3% | C+ | C | 30 min | $80,600 |
| Coloma | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Newton and Deerfield: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Coloma: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Richford’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 Richford: questions
What is the median household income in Richford?
$66,719 (±$19,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richford?
28.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richford?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richford work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wautoma (10%, 6 mi), Westfield (5%, 13 mi), Stevens Point (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Richford without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 39% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richford
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.