Auburndale at work: jobs, income and the commute
There are 330 jobs in Auburndale; 317 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Auburndale for work; outside it, Marshfield is the main destination (31%, 8 miles). Working residents average 19 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Auburndale: the figures worth knowing
Auburndale and Marshfield trade workers both ways
Marshfield is the top workplace for Auburndale residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Auburndale come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
42% of the jobs in Auburndale are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 317 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Auburndale commutes to
Where Auburndale clocks in
Lines 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.
Jobs in Auburndale: what the 330 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Auburndale, 2013 → 2023: 324 → 330. 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 Auburndale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Auburndale
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Auburndale: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Auburndale workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 324 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Auburndale commutes less than 18 miles
About 26% 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.
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 Auburndale: questions
What is the median household income in Auburndale?
$83,133 (±$6,418) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Auburndale?
9.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Auburndale?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Auburndale work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshfield (31%, 8 mi), Stevens Point (6%, 24 mi), Wisconsin Rapids (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Auburndale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Auburndale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Auburndale
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.