Work & commute · Spirit

Work & commute in Spirit, WI

Most working residents leave Spirit for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Phillips (20%), Prentice (6%) and Medford (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 137 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 137 Spirit residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spirit.

137live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spirit goes to work

Phillips23.9 mi away

20%27

Prentice12.6 mi away

6%8

Medford23.3 mi away

6%8

Tomahawk19 mi away

5%7

Worcester24.1 mi away

5%7

Hawkins30.7 mi away

4%6

Ogema14 mi away

4%5

Rib Lake8.8 mi away

3%4

Merrill25.5 mi away

3%4

Rice Lake80 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%57

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

How far

How far Spirit commutes

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

42%

24%

26%

7%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spirit is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spirit are

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

Jobs based in Spirit

4 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Spirit residents hold

137 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+33%

Jobs based in Spirit, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. 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.