Work & commute · Unity

Work & commute in Unity, WI

Most working residents leave Unity for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Loyal (10%), Eaton (8%) and Spencer (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 213 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Unity residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Unity.

207live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

101work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Unity goes to work

Loyal8.6 mi away

10%22

Eaton13.2 mi away

8%17

Spencer5.8 mi away

7%14

Neillsville21.2 mi away

7%14

Sherman6.5 mi away

5%10

Marshfield14.6 mi away

4%8

Beaver6.5 mi away

4%8

Colby6.7 mi away

3%6

Unity (in town)right here

3%6

Loyal9.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%103

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

How far

How far Unity commutes

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

36%

40%

21%

36%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Unity is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Unity are

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

Jobs based in Unity

107 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Unity residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+70%

Jobs based in Unity, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 107. 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.