Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Langlade commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Langlade has 55 jobs, against 217 working residents. Only 2% work in Langlade itself; outside it, Antigo draws the most (14%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Langlade: the gist
A big share show a job far from home
47% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Langlade is a place people come home to
There are 55 jobs based in Langlade, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Langlade has about 300 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Langlade workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 92 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 217 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Langlade’s commute, mile by mile
About 47% 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.
Who leaves Langlade for work, and who comes in
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Langlade on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 34 minutes each way for Langlade’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Langlade workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 commuters (the 9% 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 Langlade’s working residents head each day
Where Langlade clocks in
14% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Langlade makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Langlade, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 55. 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 Langlade’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How Langlade compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wolf River (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Langlade workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Langlade | – | — | — | 34 min | $71,250 |
| Wolf River | 4% | — | — | 40 min | — |
| Price | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Nashville | 2% | D− | B | 19 min | $56,389 |
| Ainsworth | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Evergreen | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wolf River and Evergreen: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Price and Ainsworth: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Langlade’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 Langlade: questions
What is the median household income in Langlade?
$71,250 (±$8,643) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Langlade?
5.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Langlade?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Langlade work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antigo (14%, 16 mi), White Lake (4%, 7 mi), Wausau (4%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Langlade 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 Langlade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Langlade
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.