Work & commute · Woodruff

Work & commute in Woodruff, WI

Most working residents leave Woodruff for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Minocqua (23%), Arbor Vitae (11%) and Lac du Flambeau (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54 of 811 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 757 Woodruff residents head out of town to work, 54 work right here, and 570 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodruff.

757live here, work elsewhere

54live and work here

570work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodruff goes to work

Minocqua13.5 mi away

23%187

Arbor Vitae8.3 mi away

11%90

Lac du Flambeau14.9 mi away

8%61

Woodruff (in town)right here

7%54

Rhinelander17.9 mi away

4%36

Wausau62.1 mi away

3%24

Marshfield87.1 mi away

2%16

St. Germain7.2 mi away

2%13

Eagle River17.6 mi away

1%11

Madison191.8 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%310

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

How far

How far Woodruff commutes

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

45%

18%

35%

45%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

2%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodruff is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodruff are

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

Jobs based in Woodruff

624 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Woodruff residents hold

811 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−41%

Jobs based in Woodruff, 2013 → 2023: 1,053 → 624. 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.