White River draws more than half of New Odanah’s working residents
The trip to work takes 8 minutes on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Only 4% work in New Odanah itself; outside it, White River draws the most (52%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in New Odanah: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 134 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 78 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in New Odanah on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Where people from New Odanah work
Where New Odanah clocks in
22% 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.
Services make up most of the work in New Odanah
84 jobs are based in New Odanah.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Odanah, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 84. 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 New Odanah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From New Odanah, about 8 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Odanah workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 0% 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 New Odanah
About 15% 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.
Work in the towns next to New Odanah
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Odanah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Odanah | – | — | — | 8 min | $40,417 |
| Odanah | under 1% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Odanah: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Odanah’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 New Odanah: questions
What is the median household income in New Odanah?
$40,417 (±$15,796) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Odanah?
30.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Odanah?
8 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Odanah work?
4% work in town.
Can you get around New Odanah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 29% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Odanah, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Odanah
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.