Work & commute · Eagle River

Work & commute in Eagle River, WI

About one in 4 of Eagle River’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rhinelander (7%), Lincoln (7%) and Wausau (2%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

187 of 686 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 499 Eagle River residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 1,975 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eagle River.

499live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

1,975work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eagle River goes to work

Eagle River (in town)right here

27%187

Rhinelander21.7 mi away

7%50

Lincoln1.3 mi away

7%46

Wausau69.1 mi away

2%17

St. Germain12.8 mi away

2%17

Three Lakes9.8 mi away

2%16

Arbor Vitae20.8 mi away

2%14

Minocqua31 mi away

2%14

Madison196.2 mi away

2%13

Washington6 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%299

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

How far

How far Eagle River commutes

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

41%

20%

36%

41%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eagle River is a job hub

3.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Eagle River are

2,162 jobs are based in Eagle River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eagle River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Eagle River

2,162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Eagle River residents hold

686 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+15%

Jobs based in Eagle River, 2013 → 2023: 1,874 → 2,162. 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.