Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Aniwa has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
38 jobs are based in Aniwa, against 244 working residents. Hardly any work in Aniwa; the top destination outside it is Wausau (10%, 24 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Aniwa and work: the main findings
Aniwa is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Aniwa, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Aniwa has about 310 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Aniwa’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Aniwa is Wausau, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (24) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Aniwa workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 244 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Aniwa, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 244 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Aniwa on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Aniwa
About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Aniwa
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Aniwa workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where Aniwa goes to work
Where Aniwa clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Aniwa’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Aniwa, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 38. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Aniwa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Aniwa and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Birnamwood (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Aniwa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aniwa | – | — | — | 31 min | $70,625 |
| Hutchins | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Rolling | under 3% | B+ | D | 21 min | $95,239 |
| Plover | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Birnamwood | 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Birnamwood | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hutchins, Birnamwood and Birnamwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Plover: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Aniwa’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Aniwa: questions
What is the median household income in Aniwa?
$70,625 (±$22,472) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Aniwa?
6.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Aniwa?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Aniwa work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (10%, 24 mi), Wittenberg (8%, 11 mi), Wittenberg (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Aniwa without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Aniwa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Aniwa
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.