Work & commute · Oconto Falls

Work & commute in Oconto Falls, WI

Most working residents leave Oconto Falls for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Green Bay (11%), Ashwaubenon (6%) and Oconto (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

290 of 1,532 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,242 Oconto Falls residents head out of town to work, 290 work right here, and 1,128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oconto Falls.

1,242live here, work elsewhere

290live and work here

1,128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oconto Falls goes to work

Oconto Falls (in town)right here

19%290

Green Bay24.9 mi away

11%161

Ashwaubenon26.8 mi away

6%87

Oconto13.3 mi away

5%77

Howard20.7 mi away

3%46

De Pere30.1 mi away

3%40

Oconto Falls3.6 mi away

2%38

Milwaukee124.8 mi away

2%30

Lena7.5 mi away

2%29

Bellevue29.3 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%708

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

How far

How far Oconto Falls commutes

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

28%

21%

29%

22%

28%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oconto Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oconto Falls are

1,418 jobs are based in Oconto Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oconto Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oconto Falls

1,418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Oconto Falls residents hold

1,532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+19%

Jobs based in Oconto Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,187 → 1,418. 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.