Work & commute · Manitowish Waters

Work & commute in Manitowish Waters, WI

Most working residents leave Manitowish Waters for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Boulder Junction (9%), Minocqua (9%) and Lac du Flambeau (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 205 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 186 Manitowish Waters residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Manitowish Waters.

186live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Manitowish Waters goes to work

Manitowish Waters (in town)right here

9%19

Boulder Junction8.9 mi away

9%19

Minocqua20.4 mi away

9%18

Lac du Flambeau10.4 mi away

7%14

Presque Isle10.3 mi away

5%11

Rhinelander39.6 mi away

4%9

Plum Lake18.2 mi away

4%9

Arbor Vitae13.5 mi away

4%8

Madison210.5 mi away

3%6

Mercer12.8 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%86

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

How far

How far Manitowish Waters commutes

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

26%

33%

26%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Manitowish Waters is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Manitowish Waters are

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

Jobs based in Manitowish Waters

231 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Manitowish Waters residents hold

205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+37%

Jobs based in Manitowish Waters, 2013 → 2023: 169 → 231. 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.