Work & commute · Wausau

Work & commute in Wausau, FL

Most working residents leave Wausau for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chipley (13%), Panama City (9%) and Marianna (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 125 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 123 Wausau residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wausau.

123live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wausau goes to work

Chipley10.2 mi away

13%16

Panama City27.4 mi away

9%11

Marianna24.1 mi away

5%6

Bonifay11.9 mi away

4%5

Tallahassee80.4 mi away

4%5

Dothan, AL42.8 mi away

2%2

Wausau (in town)right here

2%2

Carrabelle76.9 mi away

2%2

Callaway34.8 mi away

2%2

Lynn Haven27.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%72

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Wausau commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

14%

24%

34%

29%

14%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wausau is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wausau are

111 jobs are based in Wausau. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wausau’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wausau

111 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month85%

Jobs Wausau residents hold

125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+517%

Jobs based in Wausau, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 111. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.