Work & commute · Rantoul

Work & commute in Rantoul, WI

Most working residents leave Rantoul for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chilton (12%), Appleton (9%) and Brillion (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 355 Rantoul residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rantoul.

355live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rantoul goes to work

Chilton6.3 mi away

12%44

Appleton18.5 mi away

9%31

Brillion4.6 mi away

6%21

Hilbert3.8 mi away

5%18

Kaukauna14.2 mi away

3%10

Fox Crossing20.4 mi away

3%10

Kimberly16 mi away

2%9

Kiel13.9 mi away

2%9

Rantoul (in town)right here

2%9

New Holstein11.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%195

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

How far

How far Rantoul commutes

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

35%

42%

11%

12%

35%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rantoul is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rantoul are

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

Jobs based in Rantoul

219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Rantoul residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+81%

Jobs based in Rantoul, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 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.