Work & commute · Prentice

Work & commute in Prentice, WI

Most working residents leave Prentice for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Phillips (13%), Medford (9%) and Hawkins (9%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

31 of 245 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 214 Prentice residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prentice.

214live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

432work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prentice goes to work

Phillips11.8 mi away

13%32

Prentice (in town)right here

13%31

Medford28.2 mi away

9%23

Hawkins20.5 mi away

9%22

Menomonie90.6 mi away

4%11

Worcester13.6 mi away

4%9

Kennan14.1 mi away

3%7

Park Falls28.2 mi away

2%6

Ladysmith39.3 mi away

2%5

Rib Lake16 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%95

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

How far

How far Prentice commutes

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

19%

29%

23%

29%

19%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prentice is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Prentice are

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

Jobs based in Prentice

463 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Prentice residents hold

245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−13%

Jobs based in Prentice, 2013 → 2023: 531 → 463. 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.