Work & commute · Laona

Work & commute in Laona, WI

Most working residents leave Laona for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (14%), Wabeno (12%) and Crandon (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44 of 473 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 429 Laona residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Laona.

429live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Laona goes to work

Lincoln8.2 mi away

14%68

Wabeno10.7 mi away

12%59

Crandon9.8 mi away

11%51

Laona (in town)right here

9%44

Rhinelander35.9 mi away

3%13

Antigo36.5 mi away

2%9

Wausau62 mi away

2%9

Nashville15 mi away

2%9

Iron Mountain, MI35.8 mi away

2%8

Green Bay79.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%196

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

How far

How far Laona commutes

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

35%

19%

14%

32%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Laona 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 Laona are

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

Jobs based in Laona

288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Laona residents hold

473 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−27%

Jobs based in Laona, 2013 → 2023: 393 → 288. 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.