Work & commute · Conover

Work & commute in Conover, WI

Most working residents leave Conover for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Eagle River (15%), Land O'Lakes (9%) and Washington (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 437 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 418 Conover residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Conover.

418live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

142work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Conover goes to work

Eagle River9.4 mi away

15%64

Land O'Lakes7.8 mi away

9%38

Washington10.9 mi away

5%22

Lincoln10.6 mi away

5%22

Phelps10.6 mi away

5%20

Rhinelander30.1 mi away

4%19

Conover (in town)right here

4%19

Madison205.4 mi away

3%15

Minocqua33 mi away

2%10

Wausau77.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%199

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

How far

How far Conover commutes

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

35%

18%

11%

35%

35%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Conover is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Conover are

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

Jobs based in Conover

161 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Conover residents hold

437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+26%

Jobs based in Conover, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 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.