Work & commute · Chicog

Work & commute in Chicog, WI

Most working residents leave Chicog for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Spooner (15%), Minong (6%) and Hayward (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 109 Chicog residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chicog.

109live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chicog goes to work

Spooner14.9 mi away

15%17

Minong6.9 mi away

6%7

Hayward24.1 mi away

5%6

Trego10.6 mi away

5%6

Shell Lake21.2 mi away

4%5

Chicog (in town)right here

4%5

Minong9.3 mi away

3%3

Superior46.2 mi away

3%3

Beaver Brook19.7 mi away

3%3

Duluth, MN52 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%57

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

How far

How far Chicog commutes

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

11%

39%

11%

39%

11%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chicog is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chicog are

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

Jobs based in Chicog

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Chicog residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+600%

Jobs based in Chicog, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 49. 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.