With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Winfield works elsewhere
Winfield has 114 jobs, against 434 working residents. Hardly any work in Winfield itself; outside it, Reedsburg draws the most (21%, 5 miles). The average commute takes 25 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Winfield: the figures worth knowing
Winfield and Reedsburg trade workers both ways
Reedsburg is the top workplace for Winfield residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Winfield come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Winfield is a place people come home to
There are 114 jobs based in Winfield, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Winfield has about 560 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 434 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Winfield: the destinations
Where Winfield clocks in
21% of workers
9% 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.
Winfield by day and by night
On a workday 431 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Winfield on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 39% of the jobs in Winfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winfield, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 114. 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 Winfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Winfield: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 380 commuters (the 11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Winfield
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.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Winfield’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | – | — | — | 25 min | $94,375 |
| Reedsburg | 21% | B | B+ | 20 min | $75,028 |
| La Valle | under 2% | B | C+ | 34 min | $86,172 |
| Dellona | 2% | B | B− | 27 min | $103,043 |
| Seven Mile Creek | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Reedsburg | under 2% | B | C | 20 min | $92,961 |
Same-state neighbors only. Seven Mile Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Reedsburg. Darker towns draw more of Winfield’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 Winfield: questions
What is the median household income in Winfield?
$94,375 (±$27,051) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winfield?
2.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winfield?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winfield work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Reedsburg (21%, 5 mi), Baraboo (10%, 17 mi), Madison (9%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winfield 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 Winfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winfield
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.