Work & commute · Harding

Work & commute in Harding, WI

Most working residents leave Harding for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Merrill (23%), Wausau (12%) and Tomahawk (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 185 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 182 Harding residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harding.

182live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harding goes to work

Merrill10.9 mi away

23%42

Wausau25.2 mi away

12%23

Tomahawk14.3 mi away

8%14

Fox Crossing100.2 mi away

3%5

Medford26.5 mi away

2%4

Rothschild31.3 mi away

2%4

Maine18.5 mi away

2%4

Merrill9.2 mi away

2%4

Rhinelander31 mi away

2%3

Madison154.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%79

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

How far

How far Harding commutes

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

25%

31%

17%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harding is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harding are

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

Jobs based in Harding

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Harding residents hold

185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+258%

Jobs based in Harding, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 43. 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.