Work & commute · Rhinelander

Work & commute in Rhinelander, WI

42% of Rhinelander’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Pelican (3%), Wausau (3%) and Minocqua (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

1,639 of 3,909 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,270 Rhinelander residents head out of town to work, 1,639 work right here, and 5,673 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rhinelander.

2,270live here, work elsewhere

1,639live and work here

5,673work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rhinelander goes to work

Rhinelander (in town)right here

42%1,639

Pelican5.2 mi away

3%130

Wausau47.6 mi away

3%122

Minocqua25.7 mi away

3%98

Crescent2.4 mi away

2%89

Newbold10.2 mi away

2%81

Madison175.9 mi away

2%71

Eagle River21.7 mi away

2%65

Tomahawk17.4 mi away

2%65

Marshfield76.2 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,499

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

How far

How far Rhinelander commutes

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

51%

11%

30%

51%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rhinelander is a job hub

1.87jobs 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 Rhinelander are

7,312 jobs are based in Rhinelander. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rhinelander’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rhinelander

7,312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Rhinelander residents hold

3,909 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−4%

Jobs based in Rhinelander, 2013 → 2023: 7,610 → 7,312. 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.