With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bone Lake works elsewhere
6% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. There are 19 jobs in Bone Lake, and 359 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Bone Lake itself; outside it, Frederic draws the most (10%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bone Lake and work: the main findings
Bone Lake is a place people come home to
There are 19 jobs based in Bone Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bone Lake has about 360 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bone Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 359 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Bone Lake quiets down on a workday
On a workday 359 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Bone Lake on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
The trip to work from Bone Lake: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bone Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 6% 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 places Bone Lake commutes to
Where Bone Lake clocks in
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.
Most jobs in Bone Lake are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bone Lake, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 19. 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 Bone Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Bone Lake goes to work
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.
Around Bone Lake: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bone Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bone Lake | – | — | — | 33 min | $97,250 |
| Georgetown | under 3% | B− | C+ | 37 min | $77,308 |
| McKinley | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Luck | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Clam Falls | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McKinley and Clam Falls: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Luck: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bone Lake’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 Bone Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Bone Lake?
$97,250 (±$19,479) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bone Lake?
8.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bone Lake?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bone Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Frederic (10%, 7 mi), St. Croix Falls (6%, 19 mi), Luck (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bone Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bone Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bone Lake
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.