Work & commute · Neenah

Work & commute in Neenah, WI

Most working residents leave Neenah for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Appleton (13%), Oshkosh (10%) and Fox Crossing (9%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

2,462 of 13,340 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,878 Neenah residents head out of town to work, 2,462 work right here, and 14,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neenah.

10,878live here, work elsewhere

2,462live and work here

14,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Neenah goes to work

Neenah (in town)right here

18%2,462

Appleton9.1 mi away

13%1,747

Oshkosh10.6 mi away

10%1,343

Fox Crossing4.1 mi away

9%1,176

Grand Chute9 mi away

8%1,074

Menasha4.2 mi away

4%508

Greenville8.9 mi away

3%372

Milwaukee80.3 mi away

2%234

Green Bay34.7 mi away

2%232

Fond du Lac27.2 mi away

2%222

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,970

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

How far

How far Neenah commutes

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

61%

15%

10%

14%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Neenah is balanced between jobs and homes

1.31jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.31 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Neenah are

17,456 jobs are based in Neenah. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Neenah’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Neenah

17,456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Neenah residents hold

13,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−3%

Jobs based in Neenah, 2013 → 2023: 18,052 → 17,456. 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.