Work & commute · Hammel

Work & commute in Hammel, WI

Most working residents leave Hammel for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (48%), Wausau (4%) and Abbotsford (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 292 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 285 Hammel residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hammel.

285live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hammel goes to work

Medford8 mi away

48%140

Wausau44 mi away

4%12

Abbotsford17.1 mi away

3%10

Medford6.9 mi away

3%9

Colby19.1 mi away

2%7

Hammel (in town)right here

2%7

Spencer29.4 mi away

2%5

Dorchester13.5 mi away

1%4

Menomonie70.9 mi away

1%4

Phillips37.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%91

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

How far

How far Hammel commutes

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

52%

17%

13%

18%

52%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hammel is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hammel are

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

Jobs based in Hammel

81 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Hammel residents hold

292 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+50%

Jobs based in Hammel, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 81. 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.