Work & commute · Plover

Work & commute in Plover, WI

Most working residents leave Plover for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (24%), Weston (18%) and Schofield (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 283 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 282 Plover residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plover.

282live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

40work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plover goes to work

Wausau16.8 mi away

24%67

Weston13.5 mi away

18%52

Schofield16.2 mi away

8%23

Rothschild17.1 mi away

6%16

Antigo13.4 mi away

3%8

Rib Mountain19.4 mi away

2%6

Madison130.7 mi away

2%6

Norrie4.9 mi away

2%6

Mosinee22.7 mi away

1%4

Marshfield47.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%91

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

How far

How far Plover commutes

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

69%

15%

8%Under 10 mi

69%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plover is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Plover are

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

Jobs based in Plover

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)73%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Plover residents hold

283 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+105%

Jobs based in Plover, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 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.