Work & commute · Woodboro

Work & commute in Woodboro, WI

Most working residents leave Woodboro for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rhinelander (24%), Tomahawk (10%) and Bradley (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 400 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 393 Woodboro residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodboro.

393live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodboro goes to work

Rhinelander9.3 mi away

24%94

Tomahawk9.7 mi away

10%38

Bradley15.3 mi away

5%20

Wausau44.3 mi away

5%19

Minocqua20.2 mi away

4%15

Nokomis5.6 mi away

3%12

Pelican13.4 mi away

3%11

Eau Claire106.3 mi away

2%9

Merrill29.4 mi away

2%7

Woodboro (in town)right here

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%168

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

How far

How far Woodboro commutes

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

32%

25%

12%

31%

32%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodboro is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodboro are

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

Jobs based in Woodboro

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Woodboro residents hold

400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+59%

Jobs based in Woodboro, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 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.