With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Longwood works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. There are 87 jobs in Longwood; 268 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Longwood for work; outside it, Neillsville is the main destination (9%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Longwood
Miles to work from Longwood
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.
How many people are in Longwood by day
On a workday 265 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Longwood on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Commuting out of Longwood: the destinations
Where Longwood clocks in
Lines 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.
Longwood makes things: 59% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Longwood, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 87. 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 Longwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Longwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Longwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 294 commuters (the 16% 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 Longwood compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Owen (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Longwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | – | — | — | 20 min | $71,042 |
| Owen | 5% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Withee | 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Hixon | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Green Grove | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Reseburg | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Warner | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Owen, Hixon, Green Grove, Reseburg and Warner: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Withee: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Longwood’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 Longwood: questions
What is the median household income in Longwood?
$71,042 (±$11,247) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Longwood?
8.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Longwood?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Longwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Neillsville (9%, 24 mi), Owen (5%, 4 mi), Thorp (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Longwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Longwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Longwood
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.