Work & commute · Minocqua

Work & commute in Minocqua, WI

About one in 3 of Minocqua’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lac du Flambeau (6%), Arbor Vitae (6%) and Rhinelander (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

624 of 2,017 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,393 Minocqua residents head out of town to work, 624 work right here, and 2,335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minocqua.

1,393live here, work elsewhere

624live and work here

2,335work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minocqua goes to work

Minocqua (in town)right here

31%624

Lac du Flambeau10 mi away

6%118

Arbor Vitae13.9 mi away

6%114

Rhinelander25.7 mi away

4%87

Woodruff13.5 mi away

4%73

Wausau60.7 mi away

3%58

Marshfield81.4 mi away

2%48

Madison190.4 mi away

2%39

Eagle River31 mi away

1%28

Tomahawk25.3 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%802

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

How far

How far Minocqua commutes

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

41%

16%

36%

41%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minocqua is balanced between jobs and homes

1.47jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Minocqua are

2,959 jobs are based in Minocqua. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Minocqua’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Minocqua

2,959 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Minocqua residents hold

2,017 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+27%

Jobs based in Minocqua, 2013 → 2023: 2,334 → 2,959. 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.