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Work & commute · Maine

Work & commute in Maine, WI

Most working residents leave Maine for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (40%), Merrill (6%) and Weston (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
41 of 1,225 working residents
Typical commute
9 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,184 Maine residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 766 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maine.

1,184live here, work elsewhere
41live and work here
766work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Maine goes to work

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1
Wausau6.9 mi away
40%486
2
Merrill8.5 mi away
6%69
3
Weston13.2 mi away
6%68
4
Schofield10.4 mi away
5%60
5
Rib Mountain11.1 mi away
3%41
6
Maine (in town)right here
3%41
7
Marathon City11.6 mi away
2%26
8
Rothschild13.1 mi away
2%26
9
Marshfield36.3 mi away
2%26
10
Mosinee18.4 mi away
1%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%368

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

How far

How far Maine commutes

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

54%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Maine is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maine are

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

Jobs based in Maine

807 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)57%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)24%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Maine residents hold

1,225 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+13%

Jobs based in Maine, 2013 → 2023: 715 → 807. 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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