Work & commute · Stella

Work & commute in Stella, WI

Most working residents leave Stella for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rhinelander (27%), Three Lakes (10%) and Eagle River (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 278 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 273 Stella residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stella.

273live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

56work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stella goes to work

Rhinelander10 mi away

27%74

Three Lakes9 mi away

10%27

Eagle River16 mi away

4%10

Sugar Camp8.8 mi away

4%10

Wausau54.3 mi away

3%9

Newbold13.5 mi away

3%9

Pelican8.4 mi away

3%8

Madison180.3 mi away

3%7

Crescent12.3 mi away

3%7

Pine Lake7.7 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%110

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

How far

How far Stella commutes

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

36%

26%

32%

36%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stella is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stella are

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

Jobs based in Stella

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Stella residents hold

278 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+61%

Jobs based in Stella, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 61. 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.