Worden has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. There are 110 jobs in Worden, and 242 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Worden itself; outside it, Thorp draws the most (15%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Worden at work: what stands out
Time on the road from Worden: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worden workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 274 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who leaves Worden for work, and who comes in
On a workday 237 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Worden on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Where Worden goes to work
Where Worden 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.
Factories, building and farms: 68% of the jobs in Worden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worden, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 110. 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 Worden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Worden, by distance
About 22% 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.
Work in the towns next to Worden
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Worden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worden | – | — | — | 30 min | $61,875 |
| Edson | under 3% | C− | C+ | 30 min | $81,447 |
| Butler | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Reseburg | 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Thorp | under 3% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Butler and Thorp: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Reseburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Reseburg. Darker towns draw more of Worden’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 Worden: questions
What is the median household income in Worden?
$61,875 (±$17,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worden?
33.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worden?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worden work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Thorp (15%, 5 mi), Neillsville (6%, 27 mi), Eau Claire (5%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Worden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 22% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worden
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.