Work & commute · Kennan

Work & commute in Kennan, WI

Most working residents leave Kennan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Prentice (15%), Phillips (15%) and Medford (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 78 Kennan residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennan.

78live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

47work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennan goes to work

Prentice14.1 mi away

15%12

Phillips14.3 mi away

15%12

Medford29.7 mi away

9%7

Hawkins6.4 mi away

6%5

Worcester19.7 mi away

4%3

Catawba2.6 mi away

3%2

Ogema12.1 mi away

3%2

Prentice18.4 mi away

3%2

Winona, MN115.1 mi away

1%1

Hibbing, MN171 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%32

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

How far

How far Kennan commutes

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

11%

49%

16%

23%

11%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennan is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennan are

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

Jobs based in Kennan

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Kennan residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+4%

Jobs based in Kennan, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 48. 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.