Work & commute · Nekoosa

Work & commute in Nekoosa, WI

Most working residents leave Nekoosa for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wisconsin Rapids (23%), Port Edwards (4%) and Stevens Point (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

113 of 1,041 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 928 Nekoosa residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 695 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nekoosa.

928live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

695work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nekoosa goes to work

Wisconsin Rapids6.8 mi away

23%236

Nekoosa (in town)right here

11%113

Port Edwards4.2 mi away

4%46

Stevens Point22.9 mi away

4%45

Plover21 mi away

4%40

Rothschild41.2 mi away

3%27

Marshfield27.5 mi away

2%25

Saratoga5.8 mi away

2%24

Rome8.7 mi away

2%18

Wausau46.6 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%451

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

How far

How far Nekoosa commutes

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

44%

14%

15%

27%

44%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nekoosa is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nekoosa are

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

Jobs based in Nekoosa

808 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Nekoosa residents hold

1,041 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−25%

Jobs based in Nekoosa, 2013 → 2023: 1,084 → 808. 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.