Work & commute · Wild Rose

Work & commute in Wild Rose, WI

Most working residents leave Wild Rose for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Stevens Point (7%), Plainfield (5%) and Wautoma (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 354 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 322 Wild Rose residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wild Rose.

322live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wild Rose goes to work

Wild Rose (in town)right here

9%32

Stevens Point28.3 mi away

7%25

Plainfield12.8 mi away

5%18

Wautoma8.1 mi away

5%17

Plainfield14.7 mi away

4%13

Plover24.4 mi away

3%10

Grand Chute40 mi away

3%10

Madison75.9 mi away

3%9

Wisconsin Rapids32.4 mi away

2%8

Appleton43 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

58%204

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

How far

How far Wild Rose commutes

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

21%

23%

29%

27%

21%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wild Rose is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wild Rose are

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

Jobs based in Wild Rose

388 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Wild Rose residents hold

354 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−7%

Jobs based in Wild Rose, 2013 → 2023: 415 → 388. 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.