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Work & commute · White Lake

Work & commute in White Lake, WI

Most working residents leave White Lake for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Antigo (17%), Madison (3%) and Wolf River (3%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
8%
10 of 120 working residents
Typical commute
43 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110 White Lake residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White Lake.

110live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
181work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where White Lake goes to work

White LakeShawanoAntigoMosineeTomahawkWausauMadisonPolarLangladeNorwoodLincolnWolf RiverEvergreenRollingPriceGrand ChuteAntigoMadisonWolf RiverWausauLincolnPriceGrand ChuteShawanoMosineeWhite Lake
1
Antigo19.1 mi away
17%20
2
White Lake (in town)right here
8%10
3
Madison146.9 mi away
3%4
4
Wolf River5.7 mi away
3%4
5
Wausau45.2 mi away
3%3
6
Lincoln27.4 mi away
3%3
7
Price12.5 mi away
3%3
8
Grand Chute61.7 mi away
3%3
9
Shawano28.1 mi away
2%2
10
Mosinee51.7 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%66

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

How far

How far White Lake commutes

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

12%Under 10 mi
28%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
43%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

White Lake is a job hub

1.59jobs per working resident
A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in White Lake are

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

Jobs based in White Lake

191 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)66%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)29%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs White Lake residents hold

120 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities29%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month48%
+110%

Jobs based in White Lake, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 191. 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.

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