Photo: Doremo · CC BY-SA 4.0Lena has 2.6 jobs for every working resident: 719 people commute in to work
742 jobs are based in Lena, and 284 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten stay in Lena for work; outside it, Green Bay is the main destination (15%, 30 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lena and work: the main findings
Lena is where the jobs are
Lena has 742 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,100 people are in town, 73% more than the 630 who live here. Day and night ↓
Lena makes and builds things
79% of the jobs based in Lena are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lena residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. The jobs ↓
Lena’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lena is Green Bay, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (42) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 284 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Lena on a workday
On a workday 261 residents head out to work and 23 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Lena on a workday afternoon, 73% more 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.
Lena makes things: 79% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lena, 2013 → 2023: 608 → 742. 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 Lena’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Lena
About 24% 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 that send workers to Lena
Where Lena clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
The trip to work from Lena: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lena workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 14% 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.
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 Lena: questions
What is the median household income in Lena?
$56,583 (±$8,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lena?
10.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lena?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lena work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (15%, 30 mi), Oconto Falls (8%, 8 mi), Oconto (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lena without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lena, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lena
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.