Reid has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
81 jobs are based in Reid, against 531 working residents. Reid grades B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Reid
Reid is a place people come home to
There are 81 jobs based in Reid, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Reid has about 720 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Reid workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 531 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Reid: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Reid is better than 52% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Reid’s grade up ($87,083, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Reid’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Reid could be anywhere from C to B+.
Who works in Reid, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 517 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Reid on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
The daily trip from Reid: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reid workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 575 commuters (the 4% 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.
18% of working residents work in Wausau
Where Reid clocks in
18% 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.
60% of the jobs in Reid make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reid, 2013 → 2023: 72 → 81. 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 Reid’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Reid
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.
In Reid, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Reid is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 600 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). 3.5% of Reid households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Reid’s commuters take a bus or train.
Reid next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 1,371st of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 21 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,369 | Glenwood Township MN | 1,192 | $87K | 5.6% | 0.7% | 5% | B− |
| 1,370 | East Deer Township PA | 1,417 | $66K | 12.8% | 4.8% | 2% | B− |
| 1,371 | Reid WI | 1,172 | $87K | 8.0% | 1.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,372 | West Kittanning PA | 1,152 | $66K | 6.9% | 2.9% | 1% | B− |
| 1,373 | Mount Haley Township MI | 1,600 | $77K | 8.0% | 8.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Reid, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Reid
The biggest share goes to Elderon (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reid workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reid | – | B− | C+ | 26 min | $87,083 |
| Elderon | 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Ringle | under 3% | A− | D | 22 min | $91,625 |
| Bevent | under 3% | B− | D | 32 min | $92,417 |
| Kronenwetter | under 3% | A | C− | 20 min | $115,044 |
Same-state neighbors only. Elderon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Reid’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 Reid: questions
What is the median household income in Reid?
$87,083 (±$17,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reid?
8.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reid?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reid work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (18%, 15 mi), Weston (11%, 8 mi), Schofield (9%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Reid walkable?
Reid is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Reid without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reid, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reid
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.