Work & commute · Lena

Work & commute in Lena, WI

Most working residents leave Lena for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Green Bay (15%), Oconto Falls (8%) and Oconto (4%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 284 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 261 Lena residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 719 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lena.

261live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

719work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lena goes to work

Green Bay30 mi away

15%42

Oconto Falls7.5 mi away

8%24

Lena (in town)right here

8%23

Oconto9.7 mi away

4%11

Marinette22.3 mi away

3%9

Ashwaubenon32.8 mi away

3%9

Howard26.6 mi away

3%9

Suring16.1 mi away

2%7

Appleton49.5 mi away

2%7

De Pere36.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%137

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

How far

How far Lena commutes

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

26%

19%

31%

24%

26%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lena is a job hub

2.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lena are

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

Jobs based in Lena

742 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Lena residents hold

284 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+22%

Jobs based in Lena, 2013 → 2023: 608 → 742. 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.