Work & commute · Wisconsin Rapids

Work & commute in Wisconsin Rapids, WI

About one in 3 of Wisconsin Rapids’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Stevens Point (9%), Plover (6%) and Marshfield (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

2,368 of 8,059 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 5,691 Wisconsin Rapids residents head out of town to work, 2,368 work right here, and 7,727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wisconsin Rapids.

5,691live here, work elsewhere

2,368live and work here

7,727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wisconsin Rapids goes to work

Wisconsin Rapids (in town)right here

29%2,368

Stevens Point16.4 mi away

9%727

Plover15 mi away

6%452

Marshfield25.3 mi away

3%236

Grand Rapids3.7 mi away

3%204

Wausau40.3 mi away

2%192

Biron3.9 mi away

2%160

Madison92.3 mi away

2%147

Grand Chute68.2 mi away

1%116

Nekoosa6.8 mi away

1%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,344

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

How far

How far Wisconsin Rapids commutes

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

39%

21%

12%

29%

39%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wisconsin Rapids is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wisconsin Rapids are

10,095 jobs are based in Wisconsin Rapids. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wisconsin Rapids’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wisconsin Rapids

10,095 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wisconsin Rapids residents hold

8,059 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−10%

Jobs based in Wisconsin Rapids, 2013 → 2023: 11,198 → 10,095. 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.