Emmet has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). There are 86 jobs in Emmet for 444 working residents. Hardly any stay in Emmet for work; outside it, Wausau is the main destination (14%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Emmet
Emmet on a workday afternoon
On a workday 441 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Emmet on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where Emmet goes to work
Where Emmet clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
In Emmet, 74% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Emmet, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 86. 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 Emmet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Emmet: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Emmet workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 378 commuters (the 15% 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.
The commute from Emmet, by distance
About 20% 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.
Around Emmet: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Emmet workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmet | – | — | — | 25 min | $78,750 |
| Mosinee | under 3% | A | C− | 21 min | $101,500 |
| Green Valley | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Cleveland | under 3% | A− | C | 25 min | $100,705 |
| Cassel | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Green Valley: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Cassel: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Emmet’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 Emmet: questions
What is the median household income in Emmet?
$78,750 (±$26,098) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Emmet?
9.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Emmet?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Emmet work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (14%, 16 mi), Marshfield (12%, 17 mi), Mosinee (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Emmet without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Emmet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Emmet
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.