Bangor has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
At 22 minutes each way, commutes from Bangor run about the Wisconsin average. Bangor has 263 jobs, and 648 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Bangor B; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Bangor apart
The four measures behind Bangor’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Bangor is better than 60% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Bangor’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Bangor’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bangor could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
29% of working residents work in La Crosse
Where Bangor clocks in
29% of workers
10% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Bangor
On a workday 630 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Bangor on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
29% of the jobs in Bangor make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bangor, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 263. 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 Bangor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bangor workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 699 commuters (the 11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bangor
About 19% 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.
Most trips from Bangor start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bangor is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 782 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). 4.2% of Bangor households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bangor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bangor is 1,538th of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,536 | Poipu HI | 1,175 | $143K | 8.5% | 1.3% | 22% | B |
| 1,537 | Moweaqua IL | 1,735 | $70K | 3.4% | 2.9% | 9% | B |
| 1,538 | Bangor WI | 1,564 | $81K | 8.6% | 2.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,539 | Franklin Township IN | 1,326 | $95K | 7.6% | 0.0% | <1% | B |
| 1,540 | West Stockbridge MA | 1,319 | $107K | 7.7% | 4.2% | 9% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Bangor, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Bangor
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bangor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor | – | B | B+ | 22 min | $81,250 |
| Burns | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Burns: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bangor’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 Bangor: questions
What is the median household income in Bangor?
$81,250 (±$11,093) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bangor?
8.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bangor?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bangor work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Crosse (29%, 12 mi), West Salem (10%, 5 mi), Onalaska (10%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bangor walkable?
Bangor is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bangor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bangor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bangor
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.