Work & commute · Rothschild

Work & commute in Rothschild, WI

Most working residents leave Rothschild for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (30%), Weston (13%) and Schofield (9%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

157 of 2,621 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,464 Rothschild residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 3,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rothschild.

2,464live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

3,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rothschild goes to work

Wausau6.2 mi away

30%775

Weston3.7 mi away

13%352

Schofield2.7 mi away

9%246

Rothschild (in town)right here

6%157

Rib Mountain3.5 mi away

4%103

Mosinee6.5 mi away

3%76

Marshfield30.7 mi away

2%64

Stevens Point24.3 mi away

2%60

Madison123.8 mi away

2%47

Kronenwetter4 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%706

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

How far

How far Rothschild commutes

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

68%

20%

68%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rothschild is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rothschild are

3,412 jobs are based in Rothschild. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rothschild’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rothschild

3,412 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Rothschild residents hold

2,621 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in Rothschild, 2013 → 2023: 3,005 → 3,412. 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.