Work & commute · Lake Wazeecha

Work & commute in Lake Wazeecha, WI

Most working residents leave Lake Wazeecha for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wisconsin Rapids (30%), Stevens Point (11%) and Plover (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 1,433 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,404 Lake Wazeecha residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 258 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Wazeecha.

1,404live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

258work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Wazeecha goes to work

Wisconsin Rapids4.1 mi away

30%428

Stevens Point14.5 mi away

11%152

Plover12.2 mi away

5%74

Grand Rapids0.6 mi away

5%73

Nekoosa8.8 mi away

3%39

Wausau41.1 mi away

2%30

Rothschild35.3 mi away

2%26

Marshfield29 mi away

2%26

Biron4.1 mi away

2%24

Madison90.1 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%540

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

How far

How far Lake Wazeecha commutes

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

43%

19%

12%

26%

43%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Wazeecha is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Wazeecha are

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

Jobs based in Lake Wazeecha

287 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Lake Wazeecha residents hold

1,433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−9%

Jobs based in Lake Wazeecha, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 287. 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.