Work & commute · Boulder Junction

Work & commute in Boulder Junction, WI

Most working residents leave Boulder Junction for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Arbor Vitae (7%), Minocqua (7%) and Lac du Flambeau (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 336 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 312 Boulder Junction residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 229 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boulder Junction.

312live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

229work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boulder Junction goes to work

Arbor Vitae8.6 mi away

7%25

Minocqua20.9 mi away

7%24

Boulder Junction (in town)right here

7%24

Lac du Flambeau12.6 mi away

7%23

Eagle River23.6 mi away

5%18

Manitowish Waters8.9 mi away

5%16

Presque Isle7.6 mi away

4%14

Plum Lake9.4 mi away

4%12

Rhinelander34 mi away

3%9

Madison208 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%163

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

How far

How far Boulder Junction commutes

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

22%

35%

22%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boulder Junction is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boulder Junction are

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

Jobs based in Boulder Junction

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Boulder Junction residents hold

336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−11%

Jobs based in Boulder Junction, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 253. 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.