Bell Center at work: jobs, income and the commute
A typical one-way commute lasts 49 minutes; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Bell Center has 37 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Bell Center on a workday
On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 69 people are in Bell Center on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
14% of working residents work in Viroqua
Where Bell Center clocks in
14% of workers
5% 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.
From Bell Center, about 49 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bell Center workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Bell Center goes to work
About 27% 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.
The towns next door employ 14% of Bell Center
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bell Center workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell Center | – | — | — | 49 min | $32,250 |
| Haney | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Clayton | under 3% | C− | C+ | 28 min | $71,125 |
| Gays Mills | 14% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Utica | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Haney and Gays Mills: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Utica: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gays Mills. Darker towns draw more of Bell Center’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 Bell Center: questions
What is the median household income in Bell Center?
$32,250 (±$27,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bell Center?
23.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bell Center?
49 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bell Center work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Viroqua (14%, 19 mi), Gays Mills (14%, 3 mi), Boscobel (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bell Center 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 Bell Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bell Center
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.