Work & commute · Stratford

Work & commute in Stratford, WI

Most working residents leave Stratford for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Marshfield (32%), Wausau (8%) and Marathon City (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

79 of 744 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 665 Stratford residents head out of town to work, 79 work right here, and 801 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stratford.

665live here, work elsewhere

79live and work here

801work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stratford goes to work

Marshfield10.5 mi away

32%235

Stratford (in town)right here

11%79

Wausau23.7 mi away

8%56

Marathon City14.6 mi away

3%23

Stevens Point31.7 mi away

2%15

McMillan5.3 mi away

2%15

Madison122.4 mi away

2%14

Wisconsin Rapids30.4 mi away

2%13

Mosinee18.9 mi away

2%12

Weston26.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%270

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

How far

How far Stratford commutes

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

28%

44%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stratford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stratford are

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

Jobs based in Stratford

880 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Stratford residents hold

744 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

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Jobs based in Stratford, 2013 → 2023: 877 → 880. 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.