Work & commute · Waupaca

Work & commute in Waupaca, WI

Most working residents leave Waupaca for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Waupaca (23%), Weyauwega (6%) and Oshkosh (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 513 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 505 Waupaca residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waupaca.

505live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waupaca goes to work

Waupaca2.9 mi away

23%117

Weyauwega6.3 mi away

6%29

Oshkosh34 mi away

5%27

Farmington7 mi away

4%19

Fox Crossing29.4 mi away

4%18

Appleton32.6 mi away

4%18

Grand Chute29.2 mi away

3%17

Stevens Point27.4 mi away

3%15

Neenah31.2 mi away

3%13

Madison91.6 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%228

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

How far

How far Waupaca commutes

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

38%

11%

30%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waupaca is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waupaca are

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

Jobs based in Waupaca

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Waupaca residents hold

513 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−51%

Jobs based in Waupaca, 2013 → 2023: 246 → 121. 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.