Photo: Roger Puta · Public domainWhite Lake has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 186 people commute in to work
Only 8% work in White Lake; the top destination outside it is Antigo (8%, 19 miles). 194 jobs are based in White Lake, against 106 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in White Lake by day
On a workday 98 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 350 people are in White Lake on a workday afternoon, 34% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where White Lake’s workers come from
Where White Lake clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
5% 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.
64% of the jobs in White Lake make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in White Lake, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 194. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs White Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from White Lake takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of White Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 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.
Miles to work from White Lake
About 48% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 White Lake: questions
What is the median household income in White Lake?
$52,917 (±$18,713) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in White Lake?
19.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from White Lake?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in White Lake work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antigo (8%, 19 mi), Wausau (5%, 45 mi), Madison (5%, 147 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around White Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from White Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of White Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.