Work & commute · Wabeno

Work & commute in Wabeno, WI

Most working residents leave Wabeno for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (16%), Laona (7%) and Crandon (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

66 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 347 Wabeno residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 427 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wabeno.

347live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

427work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wabeno goes to work

Wabeno (in town)right here

16%66

Lincoln17.1 mi away

16%65

Laona10.7 mi away

7%30

Crandon19.1 mi away

5%22

Madison168.6 mi away

3%11

Iron Mountain, MI35.3 mi away

2%9

Rhinelander44.9 mi away

2%8

Green Bay69.3 mi away

2%8

Lakewood8.9 mi away

2%8

Appleton80.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%179

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

How far

How far Wabeno commutes

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

26%

29%

11%

34%

26%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wabeno is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wabeno are

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

Jobs based in Wabeno

493 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Wabeno residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+36%

Jobs based in Wabeno, 2013 → 2023: 363 → 493. 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.