Work & commute · Catawba

Work & commute in Catawba, WI

Most working residents leave Catawba for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Prentice (17%), Phillips (15%) and Worcester (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 102 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 101 Catawba residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Catawba.

101live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Catawba goes to work

Prentice9.8 mi away

17%17

Phillips15.6 mi away

15%15

Worcester20 mi away

7%7

Hawkins12.2 mi away

5%5

Medford24.2 mi away

3%3

Wausau53.5 mi away

3%3

Prentice13.5 mi away

3%3

Glen Flora20.5 mi away

2%2

Catawba5.3 mi away

2%2

Rhinelander51.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%43

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

How far

How far Catawba commutes

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

16%

42%

16%

26%

16%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Catawba is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Catawba are

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

Jobs based in Catawba

11 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month55%

Over $3,333 a month9%

Jobs Catawba residents hold

102 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+10%

Jobs based in Catawba, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 11. 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.