Photo: self · CC BY-SA 2.5At 0.3%, unemployment in Mosinee is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Mosinee are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns. Only 2% stay in Mosinee for work; outside it, Wausau is the main destination (25%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Mosinee, in brief
Mosinee’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mosinee is better than 91% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Mosinee’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mosinee could be anywhere from A− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Mosinee
On a workday 1,058 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Mosinee on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 towns that employ Mosinee’s residents
Where Mosinee clocks in
25% of workers
13% 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.
29% of the jobs in Mosinee make or build things
247 jobs are based in Mosinee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mosinee, 2013 → 2023: 285 → 247. 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 Mosinee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Mosinee, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mosinee workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,197 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Mosinee
About 18% 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.
In Mosinee, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mosinee is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Mosinee near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,389 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Mosinee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mosinee’s commuters take a bus or train.
331st of 5,328: where Mosinee ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 329 | Abrams WI | 2,033 | $104K | 4.5% | 0.4% | 2% | A |
| 330 | Wenonah NJ | 2,330 | $132K | 2.2% | 5.2% | 3% | A |
| 331 | Mosinee WI | 2,275 | $102K | 3.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A |
| 332 | La Grange WI | 2,475 | $96K | 4.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A |
| 333 | Beaver Lake NE | 2,114 | $122K | 1.7% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mosinee, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Mosinee
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mosinee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosinee | – | A | C− | 21 min | $101,500 |
| Kronenwetter | under 3% | A | C− | 20 min | $115,044 |
| Emmet | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Marathon | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Rib Mountain | 2% | B+ | C | 19 min | $94,294 |
| Bergen | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Emmet and Bergen: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Marathon: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rib Mountain. Darker towns draw more of Mosinee’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 Mosinee: questions
What is the median household income in Mosinee?
$101,500 (±$14,571) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mosinee?
3.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mosinee?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mosinee work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (25%, 11 mi), Mosinee (13%, 4 mi), Weston (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mosinee walkable?
Mosinee is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mosinee 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 Mosinee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mosinee
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.