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Work & commute · Elcho

Work & commute in Elcho, WI

Most working residents leave Elcho for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Antigo (13%), Rhinelander (6%) and Wausau (3%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
48 of 528 working residents
Typical commute
36 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 480 Elcho residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elcho.

480live here, work elsewhere
48live and work here
145work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elcho goes to work

CrandonAntigoRhinelanderStevens PointWausauGreen BayLangladeElchoParrishLincolnNashvilleAinsworthUphamAntigoSummitEnterpriseSchoepkeAntigoRhinelanderWausauGreen BayLincolnNashvilleUphamStevens PointAntigoElcho
1
Antigo18.8 mi away
13%69
2
Elcho (in town)right here
9%48
3
Rhinelander20.2 mi away
6%32
4
Wausau39.3 mi away
3%18
5
Green Bay84.1 mi away
3%15
6
Lincoln17 mi away
3%15
7
Nashville10.2 mi away
3%15
8
Upham5.9 mi away
3%15
9
Stevens Point64.3 mi away
2%10
10
Antigo17.4 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
53%282

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

How far

How far Elcho commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
41%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elcho 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 Elcho are

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

Jobs based in Elcho

193 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Elcho residents hold

528 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+54%

Jobs based in Elcho, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 193. 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.

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