Work & commute · Oconto

Work & commute in Oconto, WI

Most working residents leave Oconto for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Oconto (22%), Green Bay (12%) and Marinette (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 634 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 623 Oconto residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oconto.

623live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oconto goes to work

Oconto3.6 mi away

22%138

Green Bay25.5 mi away

12%77

Marinette20.4 mi away

6%41

Ashwaubenon29.2 mi away

6%41

Oconto Falls9.7 mi away

3%17

De Pere32.3 mi away

3%16

Howard23 mi away

2%14

Lena6.8 mi away

2%11

Oconto (in town)right here

2%11

Milwaukee126.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%258

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

How far

How far Oconto commutes

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

29%

20%

30%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oconto is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.06 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Oconto are

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

Jobs based in Oconto

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Oconto residents hold

634 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−37%

Jobs based in Oconto, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 41. 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.