Work & commute · Sugar Camp

Work & commute in Sugar Camp, WI

Most working residents leave Sugar Camp for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Rhinelander (22%), Three Lakes (6%) and Eagle River (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 807 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 756 Sugar Camp residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sugar Camp.

756live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

261work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sugar Camp goes to work

Rhinelander12.2 mi away

22%180

Sugar Camp (in town)right here

6%51

Three Lakes9.4 mi away

6%50

Eagle River9.5 mi away

6%48

Newbold7.7 mi away

4%36

Minocqua26.4 mi away

4%31

Wausau59.8 mi away

3%24

Lincoln8.7 mi away

3%21

Pelican14.3 mi away

2%17

Marshfield88.4 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%333

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

How far

How far Sugar Camp commutes

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

28%

36%

34%

28%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sugar Camp is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sugar Camp are

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

Jobs based in Sugar Camp

312 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Sugar Camp residents hold

807 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+46%

Jobs based in Sugar Camp, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 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.