Work & commute · Winchester

Work & commute in Winchester, WI

Most working residents leave Winchester for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Minocqua (8%), Manitowish Waters (8%) and Boulder Junction (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 184 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 178 Winchester residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winchester.

178live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winchester goes to work

Minocqua27.7 mi away

8%15

Manitowish Waters7.4 mi away

8%15

Boulder Junction12.9 mi away

7%13

Lac du Flambeau17.7 mi away

6%11

Eagle River36.2 mi away

5%9

Arbor Vitae19.9 mi away

5%9

Winchester (in town)right here

3%6

Presque Isle9.1 mi away

3%6

Plum Lake21.7 mi away

3%5

Rhinelander46.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%91

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

How far

How far Winchester commutes

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

16%

28%

20%

36%

16%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winchester is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Winchester are

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

Jobs based in Winchester

103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Winchester residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+296%

Jobs based in Winchester, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 103. 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.