Withee has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Withee is better than 57% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (B−). 89 jobs are based in Withee; 352 of its residents have a job. Only 2% work in Withee itself; outside it, Thorp draws the most (24%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Withee, in brief
A lot of Withee works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Withee: Thorp (24%), Reseburg (4%) and Thorp (3%). Next door ↓
Withee is a place people come home to
There are 89 jobs based in Withee, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Withee has about 790 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 352 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Withee earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Withee’s grade up (4.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Withee’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Withee could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
A workday in Withee: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 344 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Withee on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Out of Withee to work: where people go
Where Withee clocks in
7% 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.
Withee makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Withee, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 89. 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 Withee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Withee: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Withee workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 339 commuters (the 17% 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 commute from Withee, by distance
About 25% 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.
Driving is how Withee gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 20.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 410 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). 19.5% of Withee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Withee’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Withee is 826th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 824 | Westfield Township OH | 1,280 | $68K | 4.4% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 825 | White River WI | 1,098 | $88K | 3.3% | 1.8% | 10% | B |
| 826 | Withee WI | 1,050 | $95K | 4.6% | 1.0% | 2% | B |
| 827 | Lake Shore MN | 1,127 | $97K | 5.8% | 1.6% | 3% | B |
| 828 | Quarry Township IL | 1,158 | $74K | 5.6% | 3.5% | 11% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Withee, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Withee and its neighbors: 31% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Withee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Withee | – | B | B− | 19 min | $94,583 |
| Thorp | 24% | C− | B+ | 22 min | $53,424 |
| Hixon | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Roosevelt | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Reseburg | 4% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Thorp | 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hixon, Roosevelt and Reseburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Thorp: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Thorp. Darker towns draw more of Withee’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 Withee: questions
What is the median household income in Withee?
$94,583 (±$13,370) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Withee?
4.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Withee?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Withee work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thorp (24%, 4 mi), Chippewa Falls (7%, 32 mi), Eau Claire (5%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Withee walkable?
Withee is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 20% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Withee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Withee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Withee
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.