Work & commute · Elderon

Work & commute in Elderon, WI

Most working residents leave Elderon for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (17%), Weston (10%) and Schofield (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 291 Elderon residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elderon.

291live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elderon goes to work

Wausau18.6 mi away

17%50

Weston12.2 mi away

10%29

Schofield16.1 mi away

9%27

Stevens Point23.8 mi away

6%17

Franzen7 mi away

5%15

Wittenberg7.4 mi away

4%13

Mosinee18.2 mi away

3%9

Rothschild15.2 mi away

3%8

Marshfield43.4 mi away

3%8

Antigo23.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%114

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

How far

How far Elderon commutes

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

16%

53%

15%

17%

16%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elderon is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elderon are

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

Jobs based in Elderon

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Elderon residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+49%

Jobs based in Elderon, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 79. 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.