With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Stanfold works elsewhere
7% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. Stanfold has 125 jobs for 324 working residents. Hardly any work in Stanfold; the top destination outside it is Barron (25%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Stanfold
The places Stanfold commutes to
Where Stanfold clocks in
25% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Stanfold
On a workday 322 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Stanfold on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Stanfold works in goods: 75% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stanfold, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 125. 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 Stanfold’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Stanfold takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stanfold workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 565 commuters (the 7% 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 it is to work from Stanfold
About 26% 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.
Stanfold and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Barron (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stanfold workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanfold | – | — | — | 20 min | $103,594 |
| Cumberland | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Bear Lake | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Barron | 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Rice Lake | under 2% | A− | B | 14 min | $87,635 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cumberland and Barron: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Bear Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stanfold’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 Stanfold: questions
What is the median household income in Stanfold?
$103,594 (±$19,291) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stanfold?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stanfold?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stanfold work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barron (25%, 8 mi), Rice Lake (15%, 6 mi), Eau Claire (5%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stanfold without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stanfold, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stanfold
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.