Work & commute · Cassel

Work & commute in Cassel, WI

Most working residents leave Cassel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (25%), Marathon City (14%) and Marshfield (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 471 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 466 Cassel residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cassel.

466live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

156work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cassel goes to work

Wausau12.9 mi away

25%116

Marathon City3.7 mi away

14%65

Marshfield21.1 mi away

6%28

Weston16.8 mi away

4%19

Edgar3.9 mi away

4%18

Schofield13.4 mi away

4%17

Rothschild13.5 mi away

3%13

Merrill21.8 mi away

2%8

Stevens Point30.6 mi away

2%8

Rib Mountain10.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%171

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

How far

How far Cassel commutes

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

26%

49%

17%

26%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cassel is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cassel are

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

Jobs based in Cassel

161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities59%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Cassel residents hold

471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−13%

Jobs based in Cassel, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 161. 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.