Work & commute · How

Work & commute in How, WI

Most working residents leave How for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Suring (10%), Green Bay (5%) and Shawano (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 244 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 237 How residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in How.

237live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where How goes to work

Suring3.3 mi away

10%25

Green Bay38.3 mi away

5%12

Shawano16 mi away

5%11

Menominee11.8 mi away

4%10

Ashwaubenon38.3 mi away

3%8

Appleton48.3 mi away

3%8

Gillett8.6 mi away

3%7

Oconto Falls16.3 mi away

3%7

How (in town)right here

3%7

De Pere41.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%143

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

How far

How far How commutes

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

20%

27%

30%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

How is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in How are

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

Jobs based in How

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs How residents hold

244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+15%

Jobs based in How, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 61. 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.