Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Bell has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Bell itself; outside it, Bayfield draws the most (20%, 14 miles). Employers in Bell report 26 jobs; 136 of its residents have a job. For 20% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Bell: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 134 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Bell on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Out of Bell to work: where people go
Where Bell clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Bell: what the 26 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bell, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 26. 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 Bell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Bell, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bell workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 109 commuters (the 20% 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.
Where in the region Bell works
About 26% 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.
Bell and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bayfield (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bell workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bell | – | — | — | 22 min | $88,625 |
| Clover | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bayfield | 7% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Bayview | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Washburn | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Clover, Bayfield and Bayview: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Washburn: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bell’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: questions
What is the median household income in Bell?
$88,625 (±$13,749) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bell?
4.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bell?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bell work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bayfield (20%, 14 mi), Ashland (12%, 18 mi), Russell (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bell 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 Bell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bell
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.