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Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, WI

About one in 5 of Lincoln’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Crandon (17%), Nashville (7%) and Rhinelander (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
21%
96 of 452 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 356 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 96 work right here, and 872 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

356live here, work elsewhere
96live and work here
872work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

CrandonAntigoRhinelanderDe PereStevens PointMadisonMilwaukeeArmstrong CreekCrandonArgonneLincolnNashvilleWabenoLaonaCrandonNashvilleRhinelanderWabenoLaonaMadisonAntigoDe PereStevens PointLincoln
1
Lincoln (in town)right here
21%96
2
Crandon2 mi away
17%75
3
Nashville7 mi away
7%31
4
Rhinelander28 mi away
6%25
5
Wabeno17.1 mi away
6%25
6
Laona8.2 mi away
6%25
7
Madison172.4 mi away
2%10
8
Antigo31.6 mi away
1%5
9
De Pere86.2 mi away
1%4
10
Stevens Point78.3 mi away
1%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%152

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

50%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

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

Jobs based in Lincoln

968 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)1%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)97%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

452 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)19%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)63%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%
Over $3,333 a month53%
+26%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 768 → 968. 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.

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