Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Earning a living in Wittenberg
For 2% of workers, the job is at home (Wisconsin 13%). Only 7% work in Wittenberg itself; outside it, Wausau draws the most (12%, 26 miles). The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wittenberg and work: the main findings
Wittenberg’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wittenberg is Wausau, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (48) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Wittenberg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Wittenberg workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 392 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Wittenberg to work
About 28% 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.
Getting to work from Wittenberg takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wittenberg workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 323 commuters (the 2% 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 daily flow of workers through Wittenberg
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 289 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Wittenberg’s residents
Where Wittenberg clocks in
12% 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.
Most jobs in Wittenberg are in services
317 jobs are based in Wittenberg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wittenberg, 2014 → 2024: 297 → 317. 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 Wittenberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Next door to Wittenberg
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wittenberg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wittenberg | – | — | — | 29 min | $78,523 |
| Morris | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Germania | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Elderon | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Eland | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Birnamwood | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Morris, Germania, Elderon, Eland and Birnamwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wittenberg’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 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 Wittenberg: questions
What is the median household income in Wittenberg?
$78,523 (±$11,969) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wittenberg?
6.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wittenberg?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wittenberg work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (12%, 26 mi), Wittenberg (8%, 2 mi), Weston (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Wittenberg 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 Wittenberg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wittenberg
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.