Work & commute · Carey

Work & commute in Carey, WI

Most working residents leave Carey for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Hurley (21%), Ironwood (12%) and Ashland (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 76 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 74 Carey residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carey.

74live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carey goes to work

Hurley10.8 mi away

21%16

Ironwood, MI11.6 mi away

12%9

Ashland37.8 mi away

11%8

Bessemer, MI15.1 mi away

7%5

Montreal10.2 mi away

3%2

Rhinelander58.5 mi away

3%2

Superior93.6 mi away

3%2

Madison224.4 mi away

3%2

Saxon17.7 mi away

3%2

Knight7.7 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%26

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

How far

How far Carey commutes

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

38%

22%

14%

25%

38%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carey is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carey are

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

Jobs based in Carey

57 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Carey residents hold

76 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+418%

Jobs based in Carey, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 57. 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.