Most of Vilas commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Vilas for work; outside it, Antigo is the main destination (26%, 13 miles). 13 jobs are based in Vilas, against 129 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Vilas for work, and who comes in
On a workday 128 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Vilas on a workday afternoon, 51% 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 towns that employ Vilas’ residents
Where Vilas clocks in
26% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
A place that makes things: 46% of Vilas’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vilas, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 13. 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 Vilas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Vilas: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vilas workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 commuters (the 12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Vilas
About 34% 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.
Vilas and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ackley (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vilas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vilas | – | — | — | 26 min | $65,417 |
| Summit | under 2% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Peck | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Schley | under 2% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Ackley | 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Summit: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Peck, Schley and Ackley: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vilas’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 Vilas: questions
What is the median household income in Vilas?
$65,417 (±$22,916) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vilas?
7.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vilas?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vilas work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antigo (26%, 13 mi), Antigo (9%, 14 mi), Merrill (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vilas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vilas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vilas
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.