Amnicon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Amnicon has 72 jobs for 521 working residents. For jobs and income Amnicon is better than 45% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D). Only 2% work in Amnicon; the top destination outside it is Superior (28%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Amnicon and work: the main findings
Amnicon is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Amnicon, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Amnicon has about 760 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Amnicon workers cross into Minnesota
31% of Amnicon workers work outside Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Duluth (23%) and Hermantown (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
28% of Amnicon works in Superior
146 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Superior, 13 miles away. That’s 14 times as many as work in Amnicon itself. The commute map ↓
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 521 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Amnicon
The poverty rate holds Amnicon’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($62,454, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Amnicon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Amnicon could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Amnicon
On a workday 511 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Amnicon 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.
Where people from Amnicon work
Where Amnicon clocks in
28% of workers
23% 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.
Making and building: 64% of jobs based in Amnicon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Amnicon, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 72. 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 Amnicon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Amnicon spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Amnicon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 492 commuters (the 18% 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.
The distance from Amnicon to work
About 18% 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.
For most of Amnicon, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 600 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Amnicon households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Amnicon’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Amnicon is 1,661st of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,659 | Manito IL | 1,473 | $72K | 8.3% | 2.9% | 23% | B− |
| 1,660 | Upper Turkeyfoot Township PA | 1,036 | $75K | 4.8% | 6.8% | 1% | B− |
| 1,661 | Amnicon WI | 1,213 | $62K | 5.7% | 2.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,662 | Hastings PA | 1,168 | $71K | 7.4% | 0.0% | 4% | B− |
| 1,663 | Watertown Township MI | 1,241 | $73K | 4.7% | 2.3% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Amnicon, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Amnicon and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Poplar (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Amnicon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amnicon | – | B− | D | 28 min | $62,454 |
| Parkland | under 2% | B+ | C− | 37 min | $94,500 |
| Lakeside | 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Poplar | 6% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Hawthorne | 2% | B+ | C− | 35 min | $101,875 |
| Maple | 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Oakland | under 2% | B | D− | 33 min | $88,828 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lakeside, Poplar and Maple: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Amnicon’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 Amnicon: questions
What is the median household income in Amnicon?
$62,454 (±$28,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Amnicon?
5.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Amnicon?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Amnicon work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (28%, 13 mi), Duluth (23%, 18 mi), Poplar (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Amnicon walkable?
Amnicon is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Amnicon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Amnicon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Amnicon
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.