Work & commute · Saratoga

Work & commute in Saratoga, WI

Most working residents leave Saratoga for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wisconsin Rapids (28%), Stevens Point (6%) and Plover (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

115 of 2,156 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 2,041 Saratoga residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saratoga.

2,041live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saratoga goes to work

Wisconsin Rapids7.6 mi away

28%598

Stevens Point20.6 mi away

6%128

Saratoga (in town)right here

5%115

Plover17.7 mi away

4%81

Nekoosa5.8 mi away

4%80

Rothschild41.6 mi away

3%71

Wausau47.4 mi away

2%53

Grand Rapids6.9 mi away

2%52

Marshfield32 mi away

2%51

Biron10 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%892

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

How far

How far Saratoga commutes

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

43%

15%

14%

27%

43%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saratoga is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Saratoga are

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

Jobs based in Saratoga

445 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Saratoga residents hold

2,156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+18%

Jobs based in Saratoga, 2013 → 2023: 377 → 445. 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.