question : on how far apart your workers houses can be from their work station

[demelza]

I want to build a work station near the trees. but its a bit away from the main base of houses etc. Will the worker go to that location or do i need a full settlement near it?

[Lailantie]

The only workers who need to be close are field workers, as they actually go to the fields and work there "physically". All other workers really don't care where they live, they will start working and producing at 8 am.

[Morri]

They will go to their work place no matter where you put it. The distance doesn't matter, they do their work and produce what they need to produce, even while they are travelling to their work place.

The only exception to this are the farmers. They physically have to be on the fields to be able to do any work; and when the work day starts, they travel to their work place (the farm shed) first, and then to the fields. So it's efficient to keep their homes close to their farm shed and fields.