Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Plover commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 41 jobs in Plover; 283 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Plover itself; outside it, Wausau draws the most (24%, 17 miles). Commuters spend 32 minutes getting to work on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Plover: the gist
Plover is a place people come home to
There are 41 jobs based in Plover, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Plover has about 440 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Plover workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 283 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Plover
On a workday 282 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 440 people are in Plover on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
From Plover, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plover workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where Plover’s working residents head each day
Where Plover 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.
Goods, not services: 73% of the jobs in Plover
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plover, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 41. 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 Plover’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Plover, by distance
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.
Plover and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Norrie (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plover workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plover | – | — | — | 32 min | $84,375 |
| Easton | under 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $104,643 |
| Norrie | 2% | B | C | 36 min | $92,778 |
| Aniwa | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Harrison | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Aniwa: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Harrison: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Plover’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 Plover: questions
What is the median household income in Plover?
$84,375 (±$11,181) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plover?
2.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plover?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plover work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (24%, 17 mi), Weston (18%, 14 mi), Schofield (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Plover without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plover
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.