Work & commute · Rib Mountain

Work & commute in Rib Mountain, WI

Most working residents leave Rib Mountain for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (37%), Weston (7%) and Schofield (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

222 of 3,214 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,992 Rib Mountain residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 2,969 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rib Mountain.

2,992live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

2,969work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rib Mountain goes to work

Wausau4.8 mi away

37%1,202

Weston6.6 mi away

7%230

Rib Mountain (in town)right here

7%222

Schofield3.2 mi away

5%148

Stevens Point26.5 mi away

3%105

Rothschild3.5 mi away

3%92

Marshfield28.9 mi away

3%82

Merrill19.6 mi away

2%67

Mosinee7.3 mi away

2%66

Marathon City8.7 mi away

2%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%937

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

How far

How far Rib Mountain commutes

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

65%

20%

65%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rib Mountain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rib Mountain are

3,191 jobs are based in Rib Mountain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rib Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rib Mountain

3,191 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Rib Mountain residents hold

3,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+3%

Jobs based in Rib Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 3,100 → 3,191. 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.