Work & commute · Shawano

Work & commute in Shawano, WI

About one in 4 of Shawano’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Menominee (9%), Green Bay (5%) and Appleton (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

1,283 of 4,518 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 3,235 Shawano residents head out of town to work, 1,283 work right here, and 4,003 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shawano.

3,235live here, work elsewhere

1,283live and work here

4,003work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shawano goes to work

Shawano (in town)right here

28%1,283

Menominee15.6 mi away

9%400

Green Bay34.1 mi away

5%225

Appleton35.5 mi away

3%130

Clintonville13.4 mi away

3%120

De Pere34.2 mi away

3%116

Ashwaubenon31.7 mi away

2%109

Bartelme18.2 mi away

2%81

Bonduel6.9 mi away

2%75

Richmond5.3 mi away

2%72

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,907

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

How far

How far Shawano commutes

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

40%

13%

26%

21%

40%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shawano is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shawano are

5,286 jobs are based in Shawano. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shawano’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shawano

5,286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Shawano residents hold

4,518 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+1%

Jobs based in Shawano, 2013 → 2023: 5,247 → 5,286. 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.