Work & commute · Plover

Work & commute in Plover, WI

Most working residents leave Plover for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Stevens Point (33%), Wisconsin Rapids (6%) and Wausau (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

792 of 6,554 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 5,762 Plover residents head out of town to work, 792 work right here, and 5,427 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Plover.

5,762live here, work elsewhere

792live and work here

5,427work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Plover goes to work

Stevens Point4.4 mi away

33%2,184

Plover (in town)right here

12%792

Wisconsin Rapids15 mi away

6%394

Wausau34.9 mi away

4%254

Marshfield34.2 mi away

2%135

Madison95.1 mi away

2%109

Appleton58.2 mi away

1%96

Grand Chute54.8 mi away

1%81

Whiting2.2 mi away

1%74

Weston29.7 mi away

1%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%2,365

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.

49%

12%

27%

49%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Plover is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Plover are

6,219 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

6,219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Plover residents hold

6,554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+15%

Jobs based in Plover, 2013 → 2023: 5,413 → 6,219. 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.