Work & commute · Tomahawk

Work & commute in Tomahawk, WI

About one in 4 of Tomahawk’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bradley (8%), Wausau (7%) and Rhinelander (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

405 of 1,531 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 1,126 Tomahawk residents head out of town to work, 405 work right here, and 1,686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tomahawk.

1,126live here, work elsewhere

405live and work here

1,686work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tomahawk goes to work

Tomahawk (in town)right here

26%405

Bradley5.6 mi away

8%118

Wausau35.9 mi away

7%103

Rhinelander17.4 mi away

6%87

Merrill20.6 mi away

5%69

Madison165.8 mi away

2%31

Nokomis8.8 mi away

1%21

Marshfield60.7 mi away

1%20

Eau Claire98.1 mi away

1%20

Milwaukee187.9 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%639

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.

37%

15%

17%

32%

37%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tomahawk is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tomahawk are

2,091 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

2,091 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Tomahawk residents hold

1,531 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

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Jobs based in Tomahawk, 2013 → 2023: 2,100 → 2,091. 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.