Neva has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Neva has 126 jobs, against 420 working residents. Only 2% work in Neva itself; outside it, Antigo draws the most (33%, 8 miles). The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, 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
Work in Neva, in a few figures
Neva and Antigo trade workers both ways
Antigo is the top workplace for Neva residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Neva come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Neva is a place people come home to
There are 126 jobs based in Neva, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Neva has about 540 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 420 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Neva ends
Where Neva clocks in
33% 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.
Neva quiets down on a workday
On a workday 410 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 540 people are in Neva on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
A place that makes things: 75% of Neva’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Neva, 2013 → 2023: 104 → 126. 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 Neva’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Neva, 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 Neva workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 commuters (the 8% 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 far Neva goes to work
About 28% 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 around Neva
The biggest share goes to Antigo (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Neva workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neva | – | — | — | 21 min | $81,731 |
| Peck | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Antigo | 8% | B | B+ | 16 min | $95,571 |
| Price | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Upham | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Polar | under 2% | C+ | C | 24 min | $76,458 |
| Ainsworth | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peck, Price, Upham and Ainsworth: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Neva’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 Neva: questions
What is the median household income in Neva?
$81,731 (±$10,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Neva?
8.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Neva?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Neva work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antigo (33%, 8 mi), Antigo (8%, 6 mi), Wausau (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Neva 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 Neva, from the people who make the trip.
More of Neva
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.