Work & commute · Three Lakes

Work & commute in Three Lakes, WI

Most working residents leave Three Lakes for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Rhinelander (14%), Eagle River (11%) and Lincoln (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

164 of 996 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 832 Three Lakes residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 381 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Three Lakes.

832live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

381work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Three Lakes goes to work

Three Lakes (in town)right here

16%164

Rhinelander18.1 mi away

14%140

Eagle River9.8 mi away

11%114

Lincoln8.5 mi away

4%38

Sugar Camp9.4 mi away

3%26

Wausau63.2 mi away

2%24

Madison188.3 mi away

2%22

Green Bay105.2 mi away

2%16

Minocqua35.8 mi away

2%15

Marshfield93.4 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%423

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

How far

How far Three Lakes commutes

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

29%

30%

35%

29%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Three Lakes is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Three Lakes are

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

Jobs based in Three Lakes

545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Three Lakes residents hold

996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+4%

Jobs based in Three Lakes, 2013 → 2023: 526 → 545. 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.