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Work & commute · Thorp

Work & commute in Thorp, WI

Most working residents leave Thorp for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Thorp (22%), Neillsville (5%) and Stanley (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
12 of 295 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
15 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 283 Thorp residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thorp.

283live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
212work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Thorp goes to work

ThorpGilmanNeillsvilleAbbotsfordStanleyChippewa FallsLake HallieMarshfieldEau ClaireMadisonAuroraTaftWitheeEdsonWordenThorpDelmarReseburgThorpNeillsvilleStanleyEau ClaireChippewa FallsLake HallieMadisonAbbotsfordMarshfieldThorp
1
Thorp4.2 mi away
22%64
2
Neillsville33.1 mi away
5%15
3
Stanley4.5 mi away
5%15
4
Eau Claire32.9 mi away
5%15
5
Thorp (in town)right here
4%12
6
Chippewa Falls25.7 mi away
3%8
7
Lake Hallie28.1 mi away
3%8
8
Madison150 mi away
3%8
9
Abbotsford27.3 mi away
2%7
10
Marshfield41.2 mi away
2%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%136

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

How far

How far Thorp commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
15%10–24 mi
27%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Thorp is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Thorp are

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

Jobs based in Thorp

224 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)53%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Thorp residents hold

295 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month55%
+33%

Jobs based in Thorp, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 224. 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.

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