Work & commute · Blackwell

Work & commute in Blackwell, WI

Most working residents leave Blackwell for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Wabeno (20%), Lincoln (9%) and Laona (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 70 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 67 Blackwell residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blackwell.

67live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

62work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blackwell goes to work

Wabeno6.7 mi away

20%14

Lincoln16.6 mi away

9%6

Laona8.5 mi away

7%5

Blackwell (in town)right here

4%3

Rhinelander44.4 mi away

3%2

De Pere79.6 mi away

3%2

Ashwaubenon76.3 mi away

3%2

Wausau67.8 mi away

3%2

Madison175.3 mi away

3%2

Chicago, IL259.2 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%31

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

How far

How far Blackwell commutes

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

27%

26%

39%

27%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blackwell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blackwell are

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

Jobs based in Blackwell

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Blackwell residents hold

70 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+0%

Jobs based in Blackwell, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 65. 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.