Work & commute · Merrill

Work & commute in Merrill, WI

About one in 3 of Merrill’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wausau (13%), Weston (3%) and Medford (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

1,578 of 4,714 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,136 Merrill residents head out of town to work, 1,578 work right here, and 4,094 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Merrill.

3,136live here, work elsewhere

1,578live and work here

4,094work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Merrill goes to work

Merrill (in town)right here

33%1,578

Wausau15.3 mi away

13%628

Weston21.3 mi away

3%124

Medford31.5 mi away

2%107

Schofield18.9 mi away

2%104

Tomahawk20.6 mi away

2%98

Eau Claire91.2 mi away

2%74

Marshfield42.5 mi away

2%73

Merrill4.6 mi away

2%72

Madison145.2 mi away

1%66

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,790

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

How far

How far Merrill commutes

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

37%

26%

10%

27%

37%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Merrill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Merrill are

5,672 jobs are based in Merrill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Merrill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Merrill

5,672 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Merrill residents hold

4,714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+2%

Jobs based in Merrill, 2013 → 2023: 5,553 → 5,672. 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.