Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Tomahawk commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% stay in Tomahawk for work; outside it, Merrill is the main destination (16%, 19 miles). Tomahawk has 24 jobs for 225 working residents. 4% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tomahawk: the figures worth knowing
Tomahawk is a place people come home to
There are 24 jobs based in Tomahawk, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tomahawk has about 270 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
The quickest commute around
Tomahawk’s 24-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 27 to 39 minutes. Next door ↓
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 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Tomahawk, and who commutes in
On a workday 222 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Tomahawk on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
How far it is to work from Tomahawk
About 35% 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.
Where Tomahawk’s working residents head each day
Where Tomahawk clocks in
16% of workers
9% of workers
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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Tomahawk
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tomahawk, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 24. 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 Tomahawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Tomahawk’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tomahawk workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 189 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.
Work in the towns next to Tomahawk
The biggest share goes to Bradley (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tomahawk workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomahawk | – | — | — | 24 min | $62,341 |
| Corning | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bradley | 7% | C+ | D | 27 min | $76,193 |
| Somo | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Wilson | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Harding | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Spirit | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Corning, Somo, Harding and Spirit: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Wilson: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tomahawk’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 Tomahawk: questions
What is the median household income in Tomahawk?
$62,341 (±$13,770) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tomahawk?
4.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tomahawk?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tomahawk work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Merrill (16%, 19 mi), Wausau (9%, 34 mi), Tomahawk (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tomahawk without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tomahawk, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tomahawk
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.