Jobs, income and commuting in Menominee, IL
A typical one-way commute lasts 16 minutes; Illinois averages 28, the U.S. 26. Only 1% stay in Menominee for work; outside it, Dubuque is the main destination (34%, 8 miles). Employers in Menominee report 143 jobs for 85 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Menominee by day and by night
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Menominee on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 Menominee’s workforce comes from
Where Menominee clocks in
34% 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.
Menominee works in goods: 92% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Menominee, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 143. 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 Menominee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of Illinois
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Menominee workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 198 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Menominee
About 34% 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.
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 Menominee: questions
What is the median household income in Menominee?
$118,750 (±$44,380) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Menominee?
12.2%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Menominee?
16 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Menominee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dubuque (34%, 8 mi), Galena (8%, 7 mi), Dunleith Township (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Menominee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Menominee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Menominee
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.