Anson has lower unemployment (1.3%) than 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Anson A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 2% work in Anson itself; outside it, Chippewa Falls draws the most (26%, 9 miles). Working residents average 20 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Anson: the figures worth knowing
Anson and Chippewa Falls trade workers both ways
Chippewa Falls is the top workplace for Anson residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Anson come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Anson makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Anson are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Anson residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
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 995 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Anson’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Anson is better than 78% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Anson’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Anson could be anywhere from B to A.
Where Anson goes to work
Where Anson clocks in
26% 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.
In Anson, 51% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
357 jobs are based in Anson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Anson, 2013 → 2023: 237 → 357. 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 Anson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Anson
On a workday 974 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Anson on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
About 20 minutes each way for Anson’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Anson workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,134 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Anson
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.
In Anson, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Anson is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,379 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.5% of Anson households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Anson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Anson is 869th among 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 867 | Ringle WI | 1,763 | $92K | 2.6% | 5.2% | 1% | A− |
| 868 | Pine River WI | 1,845 | $110K | 3.7% | 4.3% | 2% | A− |
| 869 | Anson WI | 2,330 | $83K | 4.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| 870 | Bakersfield Country Club CA | 1,707 | $102K | 9.4% | 0.8% | <1% | A− |
| 871 | Allendale CA | 1,734 | $108K | 7.8% | 6.8% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Anson, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Anson
The biggest share goes to Eagle Point (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Anson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anson | – | A− | C+ | 20 min | $83,333 |
| Lafayette | under 2% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $101,651 |
| Eagle Point | 3% | A | C− | 22 min | $110,654 |
| Goetz | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Arthur | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Goetz and Arthur: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Anson’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 Anson: questions
What is the median household income in Anson?
$83,333 (±$13,282) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Anson?
4.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Anson?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Anson work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chippewa Falls (26%, 9 mi), Eau Claire (20%, 18 mi), Bloomer (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Anson walkable?
Anson is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Anson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Anson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Anson
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.