Work & commute · Stevens Point

Work & commute in Stevens Point, WI

41% of Stevens Point’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Plover (8%), Wausau (4%) and Wisconsin Rapids (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

4,522 of 11,125 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,603 Stevens Point residents head out of town to work, 4,522 work right here, and 15,583 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stevens Point.

6,603live here, work elsewhere

4,522live and work here

15,583work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stevens Point goes to work

Stevens Point (in town)right here

41%4,522

Plover4.4 mi away

8%844

Wausau30.5 mi away

4%400

Wisconsin Rapids16.4 mi away

3%305

Marshfield32 mi away

2%260

Madison99.5 mi away

2%185

Appleton59.8 mi away

1%145

Weston25.3 mi away

1%136

Green Bay77 mi away

1%125

Eau Claire97.7 mi away

1%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%4,090

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

How far

How far Stevens Point commutes

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

51%

12%

29%

51%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stevens Point is a job hub

1.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stevens Point are

20,105 jobs are based in Stevens Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stevens Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stevens Point

20,105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Stevens Point residents hold

11,125 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Stevens Point, 2013 → 2023: 19,373 → 20,105. 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.