Work and Jobs in Center, Wisconsin (WI) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
The most common industries in Center are: Paper (11.6% of civilian employees), Construction (11.5% of civilian employees), Finance & insurance (9.2% of civilian employees). 71.8% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 2.3% greater than the rate of 70.2% across the entire state of Wisconsin.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Paper | 11.6% (201) | 13.6% (136) | 8.9% (65) |
| Construction | 11.5% (200) | 18.7% (187) | 1.8% (13) |
| Finance and insurance | 9.2% (159) | 3.9% (39) | 16.4% (120) |
| Health care | 6.5% (113) | 1.8% (18) | 13.0% (95) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 4.4% (77) | 4.9% (49) | 3.8% (28) |
| Machinery | 4.0% (69) | 6.1% (61) | 1.1% (8) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 3.9% (67) | 4.3% (43) | 3.3% (24) |
| Educational services | 3.3% (58) | 1.4% (14) | 6.0% (44) |
| Accommodation and food services | 3.2% (56) | 1.9% (19) | 5.1% (37) |
| Printing and related support activities | 3.0% (52) | 4.2% (42) | 1.4% (10) |
| Metal and metal products | 2.8% (49) | 4.9% (49) | 0.0% (0) |
| Food | 2.8% (48) | 4.3% (43) | 0.7% (5) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 2.5% (43) | 0.5% (5) | 5.2% (38) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 2.4% (42) | 3.2% (32) | 1.4% (10) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 2.3% (40) | 2.4% (24) | 2.2% (16) |
| Public administration | 2.1% (36) | 0.9% (9) | 3.7% (27) |
| Transportation equipment | 1.5% (26) | 2.6% (26) | 0.0% (0) |
| Repair and maintenance | 1.2% (21) | 2.1% (21) | 0.0% (0) |
| Food and beverage stores | 1.1% (19) | 0.8% (8) | 1.5% (11) |
| Plastics and rubber products | 1.0% (18) | 0.8% (8) | 1.4% (10) |
| Textile mills and textile products | 0.9% (15) | 0.6% (6) | 1.2% (9) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.9% (15) | 0.0% (0) | 2.1% (15) |
| Personal and laundry services | 0.9% (15) | 0.0% (0) | 2.1% (15) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 0.9% (15) | 0.0% (0) | 2.1% (15) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 0.8% (13) | 0.8% (8) | 0.7% (5) |
| U. S. Postal service | 0.8% (13) | 0.4% (4) | 1.2% (9) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.7% (12) | 0.0% (0) | 1.6% (12) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 0.7% (12) | 0.7% (7) | 0.7% (5) |
| Wood products | 0.6% (10) | 1.0% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
| Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.6% (10) | 0.7% (7) | 0.4% (3) |
| Farm supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.6% (10) | 1.0% (10) | 0.0% (0) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 0.6% (10) | 0.5% (5) | 0.7% (5) |
| Social assistance | 0.6% (10) | 0.0% (0) | 1.4% (10) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.6% (10) | 0.7% (7) | 0.4% (3) |
| Computer and electronic products | 0.6% (10) | 0.4% (4) | 0.8% (6) |
| Recyclable material merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (9) | 0.9% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
| Chemicals | 0.5% (9) | 0.5% (5) | 0.5% (4) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 0.5% (9) | 0.9% (9) | 0.0% (0) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.5% (8) | 0.6% (6) | 0.3% (2) |
| Alcoholic beverages merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (8) | 0.8% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.5% (8) | 0.3% (3) | 0.7% (5) |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.5% (8) | 0.8% (8) | 0.0% (0) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.4% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (7) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.4% (7) | 0.0% (0) | 1.0% (7) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.3% (6) | 0.6% (6) | 0.0% (0) |
| Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (6) | 0.3% (3) | 0.4% (3) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 0.3% (5) | 0.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (5) | 0.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Utilities | 0.3% (5) | 0.5% (5) | 0.0% (0) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 0.3% (5) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (5) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 0.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (4) |
| Truck transportation | 0.2% (4) | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (4) | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (4) | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores | 0.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (4) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 0.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (4) |
| Music stores | 0.2% (4) | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Vending machine operators | 0.2% (4) | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Air transportation | 0.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (4) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.2% (4) | 0.4% (4) | 0.0% (0) |
| Private households | 0.2% (4) | 0.0% (0) | 0.5% (4) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (3) | 0.3% (3) | 0.0% (0) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.2% (3) | 0.0% (0) | 0.4% (3) |
| Petroleum and petroleum products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (2) | 0.2% (2) | 0.0% (0) |
| Retail florists | 0.1% (2) | 0.0% (0) | 0.3% (2) |
Unemployment in Center
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 4.1%Males
- 3.6%Females
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
| Center: | 3.8% (66) |
| Wisconsin: | 4.1% (109,243) |
5:30am:
| Center: | 5.4% (93) |
| Wisconsin: | 3.6% (96,106) |
6am:
| Center: | 8.1% (140) |
| Wisconsin: | 5.7% (152,711) |
6:30am:
| Center: | 11.3% (195) |
| Wisconsin: | 8.6% (230,911) |
7am:
| Center: | 12.7% (219) |
| Wisconsin: | 11.2% (301,313) |
7:30am:
| Center: | 14.2% (245) |
| Wisconsin: | 13.7% (369,283) |
8am:
| Center: | 12.9% (222) |
| Wisconsin: | 15.1% (406,072) |
8:30am:
| Center: | 5.2% (90) |
| Wisconsin: | 7.7% (207,205) |
9am:
| Center: | 2.7% (47) |
| Wisconsin: | 3.6% (96,083) |
10am:
| Center: | 2.8% (49) |
| Wisconsin: | 3.7% (99,733) |
11am:
| Center: | 1.6% (27) |
| Wisconsin: | 1.7% (46,480) |
12pm:
| Center: | 0.5% (8) |
| Wisconsin: | 1.0% (27,021) |
4pm:
| Center: | 6.0% (103) |
| Wisconsin: | 8.7% (233,209) |
>4pm:
| Center: | 6.2% (107) |
| Wisconsin: | 7.8% (209,939) |
Travel time to work
Less than 5 minutes:
| Center: | 3.4% (58) |
| Wisconsin: | 5.0% (135,194) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Center: | 2.7% (46) |
| Wisconsin: | 14.8% (398,697) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Center: | 14.7% (254) |
| Wisconsin: | 17.7% (476,569) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Center: | 25.9% (446) |
| Wisconsin: | 16.4% (440,637) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Center: | 25.4% (438) |
| Wisconsin: | 13.8% (372,180) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Center: | 8.0% (138) |
| Wisconsin: | 5.9% (159,448) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Center: | 5.6% (97) |
| Wisconsin: | 9.2% (248,714) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| Center: | 2.0% (35) |
| Wisconsin: | 2.2% (59,121) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Center: | 0.3% (6) |
| Wisconsin: | 2.3% (61,540) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Center: | 2.3% (39) |
| Wisconsin: | 4.5% (120,028) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Center: | 1.7% (30) |
| Wisconsin: | 2.5% (68,071) |
90 or more minutes:
| Center: | 1.4% (24) |
| Wisconsin: | 1.7% (45,110) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| Center: | 85.2% (1,469) |
| Wisconsin: | 79.5% (2,138,832) |
Carpooled:
| Center: | 7.2% (124) |
| Wisconsin: | 9.9% (267,471) |
Walked:
| Center: | 1.0% (18) |
| Wisconsin: | 3.7% (100,301) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| Center: | 92.2% (1,469) |
| Wisconsin: | 88.9% (2,138,832) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Center: | 7.3% (117) |
| Wisconsin: | 9.1% (217,793) |
In 4 person carpool:
| Center: | 0.1% (2) |
| Wisconsin: | 0.4% (10,058) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
| Center: | 0.3% (5) |
| Wisconsin: | 0.2% (4,267) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| Center: | 71.8% (1,245) |
| Wisconsin: | 70.2% (1,919,753) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Center: | 3.5% (60) |
| Wisconsin: | 2.8% (77,876) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Center: | 9.4% (163) |
| Wisconsin: | 8.0% (219,861) |
Local government workers:
| Center: | 3.8% (65) |
| Wisconsin: | 6.9% (189,838) |
State government workers:
| Center: | 0.9% (16) |
| Wisconsin: | 4.1% (111,964) |
Federal government workers:
| Center: | 1.3% (23) |
| Wisconsin: | 1.4% (38,990) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Center: | 8.8% (152) |
| Wisconsin: | 6.1% (167,248) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Center: | 0.5% (9) |
| Wisconsin: | 0.3% (9,395) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Center: | 78.0% (782) |
| Wisconsin: | 73.5% (1,049,603) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| Center: | 4.6% (46) |
| Wisconsin: | 4.0% (57,168) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| Center: | 3.2% (32) |
| Wisconsin: | 4.2% (60,190) |
Local government workers - Males:
| Center: | 1.8% (18) |
| Wisconsin: | 5.6% (79,290) |
State government workers - Males:
| Center: | 0.4% (4) |
| Wisconsin: | 3.5% (49,348) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| Center: | 0.9% (9) |
| Wisconsin: | 1.4% (20,325) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Center: | 10.6% (106) |
| Wisconsin: | 7.5% (107,640) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
| Center: | 0.5% (5) |
| Wisconsin: | 0.3% (4,929) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Center: | 63.3% (463) |
| Wisconsin: | 66.6% (870,150) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| Center: | 1.9% (14) |
| Wisconsin: | 1.6% (20,708) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Center: | 17.9% (131) |
| Wisconsin: | 12.2% (159,671) |
Local government workers - Females:
| Center: | 6.4% (47) |
| Wisconsin: | 8.5% (110,548) |
State government workers - Females:
| Center: | 1.6% (12) |
| Wisconsin: | 4.8% (62,616) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| Center: | 1.9% (14) |
| Wisconsin: | 1.4% (18,665) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Center: | 6.3% (46) |
| Wisconsin: | 4.6% (59,608) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
| Center: | 0.5% (4) |
| Wisconsin: | 0.3% (4,466) |