Work & commute · Corning

Work & commute in Corning, WI

Most working residents leave Corning for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Merrill (21%), Wausau (8%) and Tomahawk (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 433 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 428 Corning residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Corning.

428live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Corning goes to work

Merrill13.9 mi away

21%93

Wausau26.3 mi away

8%34

Tomahawk18.3 mi away

7%31

Bradley12.8 mi away

3%14

Schofield29.8 mi away

2%10

Weston33.1 mi away

2%10

Rhinelander35.5 mi away

2%8

Marshfield43.7 mi away

2%8

Eau Claire81.7 mi away

2%8

Grand Chute100.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%209

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

How far

How far Corning commutes

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

19%

38%

10%

33%

19%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Corning is a commuter town

0.04jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Corning are

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

Jobs based in Corning

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Corning residents hold

433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+138%

Jobs based in Corning, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 19. 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.