Work & commute · Lake Tomahawk

Work & commute in Lake Tomahawk, WI

Most working residents leave Lake Tomahawk for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minocqua (20%), Rhinelander (7%) and Lac du Flambeau (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 460 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 448 Lake Tomahawk residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Tomahawk.

448live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Tomahawk goes to work

Minocqua14 mi away

20%90

Rhinelander13.2 mi away

7%34

Lac du Flambeau18.6 mi away

6%28

Arbor Vitae13.6 mi away

4%20

Marshfield82 mi away

3%16

Woodruff5.5 mi away

3%14

Wausau56.6 mi away

3%13

Lake Tomahawk (in town)right here

3%12

Hazelhurst6.9 mi away

3%12

Eagle River19.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%212

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

How far

How far Lake Tomahawk commutes

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

26%

30%

38%

26%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Tomahawk is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Tomahawk are

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

Jobs based in Lake Tomahawk

96 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Lake Tomahawk residents hold

460 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+25%

Jobs based in Lake Tomahawk, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 96. 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.