Work & commute · Rib Lake

Work & commute in Rib Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Rib Lake for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (29%), Wausau (3%) and Browning (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

38 of 343 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 305 Rib Lake residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 297 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rib Lake.

305live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

297work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rib Lake goes to work

Medford14.5 mi away

29%100

Rib Lake (in town)right here

11%38

Wausau36.7 mi away

3%12

Browning11.4 mi away

3%11

Rib Lake3.5 mi away

3%10

Marathon City31.4 mi away

2%8

Abbotsford26.6 mi away

2%7

Colby28.7 mi away

2%6

Marshfield45.4 mi away

2%6

Greenwood5.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%139

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%

42%

20%

22%

17%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rib Lake is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rib Lake are

335 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

335 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Rib Lake residents hold

343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+23%

Jobs based in Rib Lake, 2013 → 2023: 273 → 335. 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.