Wood has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Wood; the top destination outside it is Marshfield (23%, 13 miles). Employers in Wood report 73 jobs for 356 working residents. The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Wood in brief
Wood quiets down on a workday
On a workday 351 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 480 people are in Wood on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 Wood to work: where people go
Where Wood 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.
What Wood’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wood, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 73. 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 Wood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Wood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wood workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 307 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Wood
About 26% 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.
Next door to Wood
The biggest share goes to Pittsville (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood | – | — | — | 26 min | $77,083 |
| Pittsville | 9% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Cary | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Richfield | under 2% | B− | C− | 23 min | $82,386 |
| Hansen | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Dexter | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Arpin | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pittsville, Cary, Hansen, Dexter and Arpin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wood’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 Wood: questions
What is the median household income in Wood?
$77,083 (±$10,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wood?
9.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wood?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshfield (23%, 13 mi), Pittsville (9%, 2 mi), Wisconsin Rapids (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wood
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.