Work & commute · Hamburg

Work & commute in Hamburg, WI

Most working residents leave Hamburg for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (27%), Marathon City (11%) and Merrill (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 401 Hamburg residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 114 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamburg.

401live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

114work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamburg goes to work

Wausau14.9 mi away

27%111

Marathon City9.9 mi away

11%44

Merrill12.3 mi away

6%25

Weston21.5 mi away

5%20

Rib Falls5.7 mi away

3%13

Hamburg (in town)right here

3%12

Medford21.8 mi away

2%9

Rothschild19.7 mi away

2%9

Athens9 mi away

2%8

Rib Mountain16.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%154

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

How far

How far Hamburg commutes

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

19%

57%

17%

19%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamburg is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamburg are

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

Jobs based in Hamburg

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)61%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Hamburg residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−15%

Jobs based in Hamburg, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 126. 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.