Work & commute · Meadowbrook

Work & commute in Meadowbrook, WI

Most working residents leave Meadowbrook for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Winter (22%), Hayward (17%) and Park Falls (11%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 36 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 35 Meadowbrook residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meadowbrook.

35live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meadowbrook goes to work

Winter11.7 mi away

22%8

Hayward28.6 mi away

17%6

Park Falls37.8 mi away

11%4

Radisson7.6 mi away

8%3

Steamboat Springs, CO867.6 mi away

3%1

Durand83.2 mi away

3%1

Spooner37.8 mi away

3%1

Ladysmith14.9 mi away

3%1

Medford53.5 mi away

3%1

Merrill77.4 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%9

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

How far

How far Meadowbrook commutes

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

17%

25%

31%

28%

17%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meadowbrook is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Meadowbrook are

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

Jobs based in Meadowbrook

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less41%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Meadowbrook residents hold

36 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+107%

Jobs based in Meadowbrook, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 29. 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.