Photo: railfan 44 · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Rothschild (0.3%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
Only 6% work in Rothschild itself; outside it, Wausau draws the most (30%, 6 miles). Rothschild grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. The trip to work takes 16 minutes on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Rothschild apart on work
Rothschild makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Rothschild are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rothschild residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Most Rothschild residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Rothschild and Wausau trade workers both ways
Wausau is the top workplace for Rothschild residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Rothschild come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Rothschild are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Rothschild pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Rothschild pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Rothschild
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rothschild is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #161 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rothschild could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Making and building: 56% of jobs based in Rothschild
3,412 jobs are based in Rothschild.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rothschild, 2013 → 2023: 3,005 → 3,412. 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 Rothschild’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Rothschild
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.
Commuting out of Rothschild: the destinations
Where Rothschild clocks in
30% 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.
The daily trip from Rothschild: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rothschild workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,496 commuters (the 14% 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 daily flow of workers through Rothschild
On a workday 2,464 residents head out to work, 157 work right here, and 3,255 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Rothschild on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Rothschild, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rothschild is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #241 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,892 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). 7.4% of Rothschild households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Rothschild’s commuters take a bus or train.
773rd of 3,561: where Rothschild ranks among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 771 | Lambertville NJ | 4,198 | $110K | 3.1% | 6.1% | 7% | A− |
| 772 | Lincoln ND | 4,493 | $88K | 5.6% | 1.1% | 1% | A− |
| 773 | Rothschild WI | 5,627 | $88K | 8.4% | 0.3% | 6% | A− |
| 774 | Peterborough NH | 6,499 | $98K | 5.7% | 0.5% | 27% | A− |
| 775 | Paris NY | 4,189 | $93K | 5.1% | 2.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Rothschild, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Rothschild and its neighbors: 27% work next door
The biggest share goes to Weston (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rothschild workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rothschild | – | A− | C | 16 min | $88,261 |
| Rib Mountain | 4% | B+ | C | 19 min | $94,294 |
| Kronenwetter | 1% | A | C− | 20 min | $115,044 |
| Weston | 13% | A− | B− | 18 min | $78,207 |
| Schofield | 9% | B− | B− | 17 min | $65,583 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rothschild’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 Rothschild: questions
What is the median household income in Rothschild?
$88,261 (±$11,670) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rothschild?
8.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rothschild?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rothschild work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (30%, 6 mi), Weston (13%, 4 mi), Schofield (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rothschild walkable?
Rothschild is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rothschild without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rothschild, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rothschild
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.