Most of Monico commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
6% of workers work from home (Wisconsin 13%). Employers in Monico report 19 jobs; 117 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Monico itself; outside it, Rhinelander draws the most (31%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Monico quiets down on a workday
On a workday 116 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 18 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Monico on a workday afternoon, 36% 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 Monico’s working residents head each day
Where Monico clocks in
31% of workers
3% 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.
Jobs in Monico: what the 19 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Monico, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 19. 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 Monico’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Monico
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Monico workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Monico
About 37% 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.
Next door to Monico
The biggest share goes to Pelican (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Monico workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monico | – | — | — | 24 min | $64,643 |
| Schoepke | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Piehl | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Pelican | 3% | C+ | B− | 18 min | $62,198 |
| Crandon | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Stella | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Schoepke, Piehl and Stella: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Crandon: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Monico’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 Monico: questions
What is the median household income in Monico?
$64,643 (±$25,846) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Monico?
20.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Monico?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Monico work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rhinelander (31%, 14 mi), Sugar Camp (4%, 17 mi), Eagle River (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Monico without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Monico, from the people who make the trip.
More of Monico
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.