Work & commute · Jacobs

Work & commute in Jacobs, WI

Most working residents leave Jacobs for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Park Falls (23%), Ashland (7%) and Butternut (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 262 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 245 Jacobs residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacobs.

245live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacobs goes to work

Park Falls16.3 mi away

23%59

Ashland33.3 mi away

7%18

Butternut10.7 mi away

6%17

Jacobs (in town)right here

6%17

Phillips33.1 mi away

4%11

Superior82.9 mi away

4%10

Medford71.8 mi away

3%9

Mellen12.8 mi away

3%8

Hayward47.9 mi away

2%5

Rice Lake75.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%103

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

How far

How far Jacobs commutes

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

14%

30%

22%

34%

14%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacobs is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacobs are

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

Jobs based in Jacobs

117 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Jacobs residents hold

262 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+24%

Jobs based in Jacobs, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 117. 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.