Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0For about two in three of its working residents, Odanah is a commute to White River
There are 2 jobs in Odanah, against 12 working residents. For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Hardly any work in Odanah itself; outside it, White River draws the most (67%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Odanah
On a workday 12 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Odanah on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.17 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 the trip to work from Odanah ends
Where Odanah clocks in
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Odanah
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Odanah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Odanah
of Odanah workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 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.
How far it is to work from Odanah
About 17% 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.
Odanah and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Odanah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odanah | – | — | — | — | — |
| Diaperville | under 9% | — | — | — | — |
| New Odanah | under 9% | — | — | 8 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Diaperville and New Odanah: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of 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 Odanah: questions
What is the poverty rate in Odanah?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Odanah work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Odanah without a car?
63% of commuters take transit and 60% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Odanah, from the people who make the trip.
More of 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.