Work & commute · Schofield

Work & commute in Schofield, WI

Most working residents leave Schofield for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (26%), Weston (14%) and Rothschild (5%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

117 of 1,056 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 939 Schofield residents head out of town to work, 117 work right here, and 4,554 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Schofield.

939live here, work elsewhere

117live and work here

4,554work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Schofield goes to work

Wausau3.6 mi away

26%278

Weston3.8 mi away

14%150

Schofield (in town)right here

11%117

Rothschild2.7 mi away

5%50

Rib Mountain3.2 mi away

3%36

Stevens Point27 mi away

3%27

Marshfield32 mi away

2%24

Mosinee8.9 mi away

2%22

Madison126.5 mi away

2%22

Marathon City11.3 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%312

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

How far

How far Schofield commutes

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

65%

21%

65%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Schofield is a job hub

4.42jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Schofield are

4,671 jobs are based in Schofield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Schofield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Schofield

4,671 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)16%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Schofield residents hold

1,056 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in Schofield, 2013 → 2023: 3,891 → 4,671. 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.