Work & commute · St. Germain

Work & commute in St. Germain, WI

Most working residents leave St. Germain for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Eagle River (16%), Minocqua (13%) and Arbor Vitae (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 827 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 800 St. Germain residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Germain.

800live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Germain goes to work

Eagle River12.8 mi away

16%130

Minocqua19.3 mi away

13%104

Arbor Vitae8 mi away

10%85

Lac du Flambeau17.2 mi away

4%29

Rhinelander21.9 mi away

3%28

St. Germain (in town)right here

3%27

Lincoln13.5 mi away

2%18

Woodruff7.2 mi away

2%17

Madison197.4 mi away

2%15

Wausau68.1 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%360

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

How far

How far St. Germain commutes

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

22%

41%

34%

22%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Germain is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Germain are

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

Jobs based in St. Germain

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs St. Germain residents hold

827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

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Jobs based in St. Germain, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 312. 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.