Photo: self · CC BY-SA 2.5Almost no one in Mosinee’s labor force is looking for work
Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). The two grades for Mosinee are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in seven work in Mosinee itself; outside it, Wausau draws the most (24%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mosinee, in a few figures
Mosinee and Wausau trade workers both ways
Wausau is the top workplace for Mosinee residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Mosinee come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mosinee makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Mosinee are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mosinee residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Mosinee
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mosinee is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #233 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Mosinee’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($73,479, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mosinee could be anywhere from B− to A.
Out of Mosinee to work: where people go
Where Mosinee clocks in
24% 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.
Making and building: 39% of jobs based in Mosinee
2,821 jobs are based in Mosinee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mosinee, 2013 → 2023: 2,358 → 2,821. 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.
Who commutes out of Mosinee, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,776 residents head out to work, 290 work right here, and 2,531 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,300 people are in Mosinee on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
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 20 minutes each way for Mosinee’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 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 2,484 commuters (the 10% 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.
The commute from Mosinee, by distance
About 20% 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.
Mosinee is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mosinee is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns, #167 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,771 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). 1.9% of Mosinee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mosinee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mosinee is 1,269th of 3,862 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,267 | Northern Township MN | 3,701 | $100K | 4.5% | 3.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,268 | Huntsburg Township OH | 3,708 | $81K | 10.1% | 1.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,269 | Mosinee WI | 4,529 | $73K | 9.3% | 0.0% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,270 | Pembroke NY | 4,292 | $92K | 8.8% | 3.1% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,271 | Liberty Township OH | 3,963 | $67K | 5.8% | 1.2% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,862 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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.
How Mosinee compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Kronenwetter (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mosinee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosinee | – | B+ | B− | 20 min | $73,479 |
| Kronenwetter | 2% | A | C− | 20 min | $115,044 |
| Knowlton | under 2% | B+ | D | 22 min | $93,043 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$73,479 (±$10,157) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mosinee?
9.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mosinee?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mosinee work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (24%, 12 mi), Weston (8%, 10 mi), Schofield (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mosinee walkable?
Mosinee is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 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.