Work & commute · Oulu

Work & commute in Oulu, WI

Most working residents leave Oulu for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Duluth (12%), Port Wing (11%) and Superior (10%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 194 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 188 Oulu residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oulu.

188live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oulu goes to work

Duluth, MN32.1 mi away

12%23

Port Wing10.8 mi away

11%22

Superior28.3 mi away

10%20

Iron River8.5 mi away

9%17

Clover16.6 mi away

6%12

Ashland29.5 mi away

4%8

Oulu (in town)right here

3%6

Poplar14.3 mi away

3%5

Russell37.4 mi away

3%5

Bayfield34 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%73

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

How far

How far Oulu commutes

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

16%

25%

39%

20%

16%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oulu is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Oulu are

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

Jobs based in Oulu

34 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Oulu residents hold

194 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+70%

Jobs based in Oulu, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 34. 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.