Most of Warner commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Warner itself; outside it, Neillsville draws the most (12%, 17 miles). 39 jobs are based in Warner, and 213 of its residents work somewhere. For 24% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Warner apart
Warner workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 42 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 322 hours of commuting, 153 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (20 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Warner is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Warner, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Warner has about 460 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Warner
24% of Warner workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. 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 213 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting from Warner: about 42 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warner workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 194 commuters (the 24% 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.
A workday in Warner: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 212 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Warner on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Warner’s residents
Where Warner clocks in
Lines 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.
Warner makes things: 56% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warner, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 39. 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 Warner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Warner goes to work
About 24% 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.
Warner and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Greenwood (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warner workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warner | – | — | — | 42 min | $84,375 |
| Greenwood | 8% | C− | A− | 32 min | $65,112 |
| Beaver | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Mead | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Eaton | 7% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Longwood | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Beaver, Mead and Longwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Eaton: 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 Warner’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 Warner: questions
What is the median household income in Warner?
$84,375 (±$19,727) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warner?
7.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warner?
42 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warner work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Neillsville (12%, 17 mi), Greenwood (8%, 3 mi), Eaton (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Warner without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warner
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.