Work & commute · Nelsonville

Work & commute in Nelsonville, WI

Most working residents leave Nelsonville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Stevens Point (26%), Plover (11%) and Amherst (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 80 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 79 Nelsonville residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nelsonville.

79live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nelsonville goes to work

Stevens Point12.4 mi away

26%21

Plover11.7 mi away

11%9

Amherst3.1 mi away

8%6

Waupaca15.1 mi away

6%5

Appleton47.5 mi away

4%3

La Crosse105.7 mi away

4%3

Menasha47.4 mi away

3%2

Madison97.1 mi away

3%2

Grand Chute44.1 mi away

3%2

Buena Vista11.2 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%25

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

How far

How far Nelsonville commutes

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

15%

46%

18%

21%

15%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nelsonville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Nelsonville are

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

Jobs based in Nelsonville

99 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Nelsonville residents hold

80 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+1314%

Jobs based in Nelsonville, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 99. 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.