Work & commute · Ackley

Work & commute in Ackley, WI

Most working residents leave Ackley for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Antigo (35%), Wausau (6%) and Merrill (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 207 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 204 Ackley residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ackley.

204live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

51work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ackley goes to work

Antigo9.1 mi away

35%72

Wausau21.1 mi away

6%12

Merrill17.7 mi away

4%8

Neva11.5 mi away

4%8

Antigo11.5 mi away

4%8

Madison144.3 mi away

3%7

Rolling11.1 mi away

3%6

White Lake27.9 mi away

2%4

Appleton77.4 mi away

1%3

Ackley (in town)right here

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%76

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

How far

How far Ackley commutes

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

47%

14%

10%

29%

47%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ackley is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ackley are

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

Jobs based in Ackley

54 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Ackley residents hold

207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−19%

Jobs based in Ackley, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 54. 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.