Work & commute · Rib Lake

Work & commute in Rib Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Rib Lake for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (28%), Rib Lake (9%) and Browning (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 298 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 281 Rib Lake residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rib Lake.

281live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rib Lake goes to work

Medford16.9 mi away

28%83

Rib Lake3.5 mi away

9%27

Rib Lake (in town)right here

6%17

Browning12.8 mi away

4%11

Medford15.9 mi away

3%9

Abbotsford28.1 mi away

3%8

Marathon City30.3 mi away

2%7

Goodrich11.5 mi away

2%7

Colby30.2 mi away

2%6

Wausau34.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%117

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

How far

How far Rib Lake commutes

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

17%

46%

18%

19%

17%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rib Lake is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rib Lake are

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

Jobs based in Rib Lake

120 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Rib Lake residents hold

298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+14%

Jobs based in Rib Lake, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 120. 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.