With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Cassel works elsewhere
Working residents average 20 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. Employers in Cassel report 161 jobs, and 471 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Cassel itself; outside it, Wausau draws the most (25%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cassel and work: the main findings
Commuting out of Cassel: the destinations
Where Cassel clocks in
25% of workers
14% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Cassel
On a workday 466 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 156 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in Cassel on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
In Cassel, 34% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cassel, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 161. 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 Cassel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Cassel spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cassel workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 461 commuters (the 13% 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.
Miles to work from Cassel
About 17% 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.
The towns next door employ 18% of Cassel
The biggest share goes to Marathon City (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cassel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassel | – | — | — | 20 min | $82,250 |
| Marathon City | 14% | A− | B | 17 min | $89,519 |
| Edgar | 4% | C+ | B+ | 24 min | $63,482 |
| Wien | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Emmet | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Rib Falls | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Marathon | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wien and Rib Falls: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Emmet: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Marathon: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cassel’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 Cassel: questions
What is the median household income in Cassel?
$82,250 (±$17,051) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cassel?
2.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cassel?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cassel work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (25%, 13 mi), Marathon City (14%, 4 mi), Marshfield (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cassel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cassel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cassel
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.