Rib Falls has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 139 jobs in Rib Falls; 503 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Rib Falls itself; outside it, Wausau draws the most (24%, 12 miles). At 22 minutes each way, commutes from Rib Falls run about the Wisconsin average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Rib Falls apart on work
The daily commute in and out of Rib Falls
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Rib Falls on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where the trip to work from Rib Falls ends
Where Rib Falls clocks in
24% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Rib Falls makes things: 77% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rib Falls, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 139. 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 Rib Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Rib Falls
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rib Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 446 commuters (the 10% 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.
The distance from Rib Falls to work
About 18% 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.
10% of Rib Falls works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Marathon City (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rib Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rib Falls | – | — | — | 22 min | $103,750 |
| Marathon City | 8% | A− | B | 17 min | $89,519 |
| Rietbrock | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hamburg | 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Cassel | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rietbrock and Hamburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Cassel: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rib Falls’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 Rib Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Rib Falls?
$103,750 (±$16,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rib Falls?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rib Falls?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rib Falls work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (24%, 12 mi), Marathon City (8%, 4 mi), Merrill (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rib Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rib Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rib Falls
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.