Work & commute · Wittenberg

Work & commute in Wittenberg, WI

Most working residents leave Wittenberg for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (10%), Wittenberg (7%) and Weston (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

48 of 488 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 440 Wittenberg residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 534 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wittenberg.

440live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

534work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wittenberg goes to work

Wausau25.3 mi away

10%51

Wittenberg (in town)right here

10%48

Wittenberg1.9 mi away

7%33

Weston19.3 mi away

6%30

Antigo21.7 mi away

4%21

Birnamwood7.6 mi away

4%20

Schofield23.1 mi away

3%15

Rothschild22.5 mi away

2%12

Stevens Point28.1 mi away

2%12

Shawano28.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%236

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

How far

How far Wittenberg commutes

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

27%

18%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wittenberg is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wittenberg are

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

Jobs based in Wittenberg

582 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Wittenberg residents hold

488 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−14%

Jobs based in Wittenberg, 2013 → 2023: 676 → 582. 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.