Work & commute · Tomahawk

Work & commute in Tomahawk, WI

Most working residents leave Tomahawk for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Merrill (16%), Wausau (9%) and Tomahawk (8%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 222 Tomahawk residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tomahawk.

222live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

21work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tomahawk goes to work

Merrill19.1 mi away

16%36

Wausau33.9 mi away

9%21

Tomahawk10.5 mi away

8%18

Bradley7 mi away

7%15

Schofield37.4 mi away

3%6

Medford28.7 mi away

3%6

Marshfield53.5 mi away

2%5

Marathon City33.1 mi away

2%4

Weston40.2 mi away

2%4

Rhinelander27.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%107

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

How far

How far Tomahawk commutes

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

12%

26%

28%

35%

12%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tomahawk is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tomahawk are

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

Jobs based in Tomahawk

24 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less54%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Tomahawk residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+500%

Jobs based in Tomahawk, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 24. 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.