Work & commute · Weston

Work & commute in Weston, WI

Most working residents leave Weston for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (30%), Schofield (8%) and Rothschild (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,181 of 7,339 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,158 Weston residents head out of town to work, 1,181 work right here, and 7,473 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weston.

6,158live here, work elsewhere

1,181live and work here

7,473work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weston goes to work

Wausau6.8 mi away

30%2,219

Weston (in town)right here

16%1,181

Schofield3.8 mi away

8%622

Rothschild3.7 mi away

5%343

Rib Mountain6.6 mi away

3%190

Mosinee9.5 mi away

2%164

Marshfield34.3 mi away

2%163

Stevens Point25.3 mi away

2%142

Madison124.7 mi away

2%112

Merrill21.3 mi away

1%96

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,107

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

How far

How far Weston commutes

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

65%

20%

65%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weston are

8,654 jobs are based in Weston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Weston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Weston

8,654 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Weston residents hold

7,339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+32%

Jobs based in Weston, 2013 → 2023: 6,573 → 8,654. 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.