Work & commute · Whiting

Work & commute in Whiting, WI

Most working residents leave Whiting for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Stevens Point (35%), Plover (10%) and Wausau (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 739 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 729 Whiting residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 596 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whiting.

729live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

596work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whiting goes to work

Stevens Point2.5 mi away

35%262

Plover2.2 mi away

10%72

Wausau32.9 mi away

5%36

Wisconsin Rapids14.8 mi away

3%19

Waupaca26 mi away

2%12

Madison97.1 mi away

1%11

Milwaukee126.6 mi away

1%11

Whiting (in town)right here

1%10

Oshkosh59 mi away

1%10

Rhinelander79.3 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%287

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

How far

How far Whiting commutes

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

49%

14%

29%

49%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whiting is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Whiting are

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

Jobs based in Whiting

606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Whiting residents hold

739 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−23%

Jobs based in Whiting, 2013 → 2023: 783 → 606. 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.