Work & commute · Cable

Work & commute in Cable, WI

Most working residents leave Cable for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Hayward (12%), Namakagon (9%) and Barnes (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

42 of 313 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 271 Cable residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cable.

271live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cable goes to work

Cable (in town)right here

13%42

Hayward16.1 mi away

12%37

Namakagon11.6 mi away

9%27

Barnes10.7 mi away

8%24

Hayward15.4 mi away

5%16

Ashland33.4 mi away

4%11

Drummond8.6 mi away

3%8

Duluth, MN55.9 mi away

2%7

Superior50.2 mi away

2%7

Eau Claire96 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%128

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

How far

How far Cable commutes

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

22%

33%

10%

35%

22%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cable is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cable are

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

Jobs based in Cable

248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Cable residents hold

313 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+2%

Jobs based in Cable, 2013 → 2023: 244 → 248. 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.