Work & commute · Vesper

Work & commute in Vesper, WI

Most working residents leave Vesper for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Wisconsin Rapids (23%), Marshfield (6%) and Stevens Point (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 213 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 209 Vesper residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vesper.

209live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vesper goes to work

Wisconsin Rapids9.2 mi away

23%50

Marshfield16.1 mi away

6%12

Stevens Point20.8 mi away

6%12

Rothschild32.1 mi away

3%7

Plover21.2 mi away

3%7

Grand Rapids12.6 mi away

3%6

Nekoosa11.9 mi away

2%5

Biron10.6 mi away

2%5

Vesper (in town)right here

2%4

Wausau36.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%101

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

How far

How far Vesper commutes

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

25%

36%

11%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vesper is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vesper are

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

Jobs based in Vesper

129 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)78%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs Vesper residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

−41%

Jobs based in Vesper, 2013 → 2023: 217 → 129. 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.