Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0Jobs and the daily commute in Wittenberg
Employers in Wittenberg report 582 jobs; 488 of its residents have a job. About one in ten stay in Wittenberg for work; outside it, Wausau is the main destination (10%, 25 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Wittenberg at work: what stands out
Wittenberg’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Wittenberg is Wausau, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (51) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Wittenberg makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Wittenberg are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wittenberg residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
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 488 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many miles Wittenberg commutes
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
41% of the jobs in Wittenberg make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wittenberg, 2013 → 2023: 676 → 582. 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 Wittenberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Wittenberg by day
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 48 work right here, and 534 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Wittenberg on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).
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 places Wittenberg commutes to
Where Wittenberg clocks in
10% of workers
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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Wittenberg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 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 330 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.
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 Wittenberg: questions
What is the median household income in Wittenberg?
$52,821 (±$8,866) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wittenberg?
8.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wittenberg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wittenberg work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (10%, 25 mi), Wittenberg (7%, 2 mi), Weston (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wittenberg 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 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), 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.