Work & commute · Rusk

Work & commute in Rusk, WI

Most working residents leave Rusk for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Webster (9%), Spooner (7%) and La Follette (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 172 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 170 Rusk residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rusk.

170live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

18work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rusk goes to work

Webster12.5 mi away

9%15

Spooner10.7 mi away

7%12

La Follette8.9 mi away

6%10

Shell Lake12.9 mi away

5%8

Siren14.4 mi away

4%7

Webb Lake11.6 mi away

4%7

Turtle Lake32.1 mi away

3%5

Meenon10.7 mi away

3%5

Swiss14.8 mi away

3%5

Rice Lake30.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%94

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

How far

How far Rusk commutes

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

18%

36%

13%

33%

18%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rusk is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rusk are

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

Jobs based in Rusk

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)65%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less40%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Rusk residents hold

172 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−31%

Jobs based in Rusk, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 20. 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.