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Work & commute in Polar, WI

Most working residents leave Polar for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Antigo (34%), Wausau (6%) and Rolling (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 493 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 489 Polar residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Polar.

489live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
45work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Polar goes to work

Mountain ViewMattoonWhite LakeAntigoMarshfieldAppletonWausauWestonMadisonGermaniaPolarNevaNorwoodMenomineeBirnamwoodAntigoEvergreenRollingPriceAntigoWausauRollingAntigoWhite LakeMarshfieldAppletonNorwoodWestonMadisonPolar
1
Antigo7.5 mi away
34%168
2
Wausau34.1 mi away
6%30
3
Rolling9.3 mi away
6%29
4
Antigo4.9 mi away
3%17
5
White Lake11.6 mi away
2%12
6
Marshfield66.4 mi away
2%10
7
Appleton67.3 mi away
2%10
8
Norwood5.4 mi away
2%10
9
Weston32.2 mi away
2%9
10
Madison144.1 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%190

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

How far

How far Polar commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
12%10–24 mi
18%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Polar is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Polar are

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

Jobs based in Polar

49 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)59%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)29%
$1,250 a month or less33%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Polar residents hold

493 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month54%
−43%

Jobs based in Polar, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 49. 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.

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