Work & commute · Wood

Work & commute in Wood, WI

Most working residents leave Wood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Marshfield (23%), Pittsville (9%) and Wisconsin Rapids (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 356 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 351 Wood residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wood.

351live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wood goes to work

Marshfield13.2 mi away

23%82

Pittsville2.2 mi away

9%32

Wisconsin Rapids16.5 mi away

7%24

Stevens Point29.3 mi away

3%10

Remington12.7 mi away

2%8

Wausau41.6 mi away

2%7

Appleton87.6 mi away

2%6

Eau Claire70.7 mi away

2%6

Spencer20.8 mi away

1%5

Wood (in town)right here

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%171

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

How far

How far Wood commutes

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

15%

40%

20%

26%

15%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wood is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wood are

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

Jobs based in Wood

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities74%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Wood residents hold

356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−17%

Jobs based in Wood, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 73. 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.