Work & commute · White River

Work & commute in White River, WI

Most working residents leave White River for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (38%), Mellen (5%) and Gingles (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

52 of 500 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 448 White River residents head out of town to work, 52 work right here, and 558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in White River.

448live here, work elsewhere

52live and work here

558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where White River goes to work

Ashland9.1 mi away

38%190

White River (in town)right here

10%52

Mellen13 mi away

5%25

Gingles6.2 mi away

4%22

Washburn15.8 mi away

3%14

Superior60.3 mi away

3%13

Marengo7.1 mi away

1%7

Duluth, MN64.4 mi away

1%6

Wausau118.4 mi away

1%6

Madison242.7 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%159

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

How far

How far White River commutes

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

36%

31%

28%

36%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

White River is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in White River are

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

Jobs based in White River

610 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs White River residents hold

500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−9%

Jobs based in White River, 2013 → 2023: 673 → 610. 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.