Work & commute · Trego

Work & commute in Trego, WI

Most working residents leave Trego for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Spooner (17%), Shell Lake (6%) and Rice Lake (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 397 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 378 Trego residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trego.

378live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trego goes to work

Spooner6.8 mi away

17%68

Shell Lake13.7 mi away

6%23

Trego (in town)right here

5%19

Rice Lake30.2 mi away

5%18

Minong14.4 mi away

4%15

Hayward17.8 mi away

3%13

Casey6.4 mi away

3%12

Eau Claire77.8 mi away

3%11

Hayward21.3 mi away

3%11

Minong12.5 mi away

3%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%197

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

How far

How far Trego commutes

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

29%

26%

14%

30%

29%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trego is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trego are

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

Jobs based in Trego

153 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Trego residents hold

397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−11%

Jobs based in Trego, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 153. 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.