Work & commute · Holton

Work & commute in Holton, WI

Most working residents leave Holton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Abbotsford (17%), Marshfield (10%) and Colby (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 517 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 506 Holton residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holton.

506live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holton goes to work

Abbotsford5 mi away

17%88

Marshfield23.3 mi away

10%52

Colby6.7 mi away

8%40

Medford10.7 mi away

6%29

Wausau29.5 mi away

6%29

Dorchester4.1 mi away

3%18

Hull7 mi away

3%14

Marathon City19.9 mi away

2%12

Holton (in town)right here

2%11

Madison138 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%215

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

How far

How far Holton commutes

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

38%

24%

15%

22%

38%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holton is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holton are

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

Jobs based in Holton

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Holton residents hold

517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+10%

Jobs based in Holton, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 217. 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.