With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Enterprise works elsewhere
For 23% of workers, the job is at home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. Enterprise has 36 jobs, against 173 working residents. Only 1% work in Enterprise itself; outside it, Rhinelander draws the most (25%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Enterprise, and who commutes in
On a workday 171 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Enterprise 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.
The places Enterprise commutes to
Where Enterprise clocks in
25% of workers
6% 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 kinds of work in Enterprise
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enterprise, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 36. 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 Enterprise’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enterprise workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 111 commuters (the 23% 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.
How far Enterprise’s workers travel
About 40% 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 Enterprise: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Pelican (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Enterprise workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise | – | — | — | 30 min | $48,250 |
| Schoepke | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Pelican | 6% | C+ | B− | 18 min | $62,198 |
| Harrison | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Parrish | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Elcho | under 2% | D− | D | 26 min | $50,192 |
Same-state neighbors only. Schoepke and Parrish: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Harrison: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Enterprise’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 Enterprise: questions
What is the median household income in Enterprise?
$48,250 (±$35,530) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enterprise?
10.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enterprise?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enterprise work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rhinelander (25%, 10 mi), Pelican (6%, 7 mi), Antigo (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Enterprise 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 Enterprise, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enterprise
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.