Work & commute · Hazelhurst

Work & commute in Hazelhurst, WI

Most working residents leave Hazelhurst for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minocqua (25%), Rhinelander (6%) and Lac du Flambeau (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 485 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

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 471 Hazelhurst residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazelhurst.

471live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazelhurst goes to work

Minocqua7.5 mi away

25%123

Rhinelander18.3 mi away

6%29

Lac du Flambeau14.5 mi away

5%26

Arbor Vitae13.4 mi away

5%23

Marshfield79.9 mi away

4%20

Wausau56.7 mi away

4%19

Hazelhurst (in town)right here

3%14

Eau Claire107.9 mi away

2%10

Woodruff8.5 mi away

2%10

Eagle River25.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%202

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

How far

How far Hazelhurst commutes

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

33%

21%

42%

33%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazelhurst is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazelhurst are

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

Jobs based in Hazelhurst

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Hazelhurst residents hold

485 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+80%

Jobs based in Hazelhurst, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 153. 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.