Work & commute · Edgar

Work & commute in Edgar, WI

Most working residents leave Edgar for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (26%), Marathon City (14%) and Marshfield (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 754 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 719 Edgar residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 396 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgar.

719live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

396work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgar goes to work

Wausau15.7 mi away

26%196

Marathon City5.6 mi away

14%105

Marshfield20.7 mi away

5%38

Edgar (in town)right here

5%35

Weston20.3 mi away

3%25

Schofield16.7 mi away

2%17

Stratford10.1 mi away

2%17

Mosinee16.4 mi away

2%15

Rothschild17.1 mi away

2%14

Cassel3.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%278

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

How far

How far Edgar commutes

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

24%

52%

20%

24%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgar is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgar are

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

Jobs based in Edgar

431 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Edgar residents hold

754 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+56%

Jobs based in Edgar, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 431. 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.