Work & commute · Port Edwards

Work & commute in Port Edwards, WI

Most working residents leave Port Edwards for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Wisconsin Rapids (22%), Nekoosa (10%) and Stevens Point (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 781 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 760 Port Edwards residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Edwards.

760live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Edwards goes to work

Wisconsin Rapids2.7 mi away

22%169

Nekoosa4.2 mi away

10%77

Stevens Point18.8 mi away

5%37

Plover17 mi away

4%35

Rothschild37.4 mi away

3%25

Madison90.2 mi away

3%22

Port Edwards (in town)right here

3%21

Marshfield26.4 mi away

3%20

Wausau43 mi away

2%19

Saratoga5.6 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%338

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

How far

How far Port Edwards commutes

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

40%

14%

17%

29%

40%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Edwards is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Edwards are

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

Jobs based in Port Edwards

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Port Edwards residents hold

781 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−44%

Jobs based in Port Edwards, 2013 → 2023: 463 → 259. 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.