Work & commute · Taft

Work & commute in Taft, WI

Most working residents leave Taft for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Gilman (19%), Thorp (11%) and Medford (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 124 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 122 Taft residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taft.

122live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taft goes to work

Gilman5.8 mi away

19%23

Thorp10.3 mi away

11%14

Medford26 mi away

8%10

Chippewa Falls27.5 mi away

3%4

Curtiss23.5 mi away

2%3

Owen18.4 mi away

2%3

Stanley10.2 mi away

2%3

Maplehurst12.5 mi away

2%3

Colby30.2 mi away

2%2

Neillsville39.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%57

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

How far

How far Taft commutes

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

33%

21%

23%

33%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taft is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Taft are

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

Jobs based in Taft

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)92%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Taft residents hold

124 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+333%

Jobs based in Taft, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 39. 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.