Boyceville has lower household incomes than 75% of U.S. towns
Boyceville grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Below the poverty line: 16.3% of residents, against 10.6% across Wisconsin. Only 7% stay in Boyceville for work; outside it, Menomonie is the main destination (26%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Boyceville: the gist
Boyceville and Menomonie trade workers both ways
Menomonie is the top workplace for Boyceville residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Boyceville come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Boyceville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Boyceville makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Boyceville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Boyceville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. 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 524 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Boyceville
On income, poverty and job access, Boyceville is better than 18% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Boyceville’s grade.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Boyceville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Boyceville could be anywhere from D to C+.
Where Boyceville’s working residents head each day
Where Boyceville clocks in
Lines 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.
Time on the road from Boyceville: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boyceville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 522 commuters (the 16% 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.
Making and building: 41% of jobs based in Boyceville
423 jobs are based in Boyceville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boyceville, 2013 → 2023: 314 → 423. 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 Boyceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Boyceville on a workday
On a workday 485 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 384 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Boyceville goes to work
About 20% 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.
Getting around Boyceville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Boyceville is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Boyceville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 619 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). 0.4% of Boyceville households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Boyceville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Boyceville ranks 2,665th of 3,771 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 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,663 | Bethel NC | 1,422 | $53K | 16.8% | 9.9% | 2% | C− |
| 2,664 | Gregory SD | 1,250 | $51K | 7.3% | 2.9% | 29% | C− |
| 2,665 | Boyceville WI | 1,077 | $59K | 16.3% | 3.6% | 7% | C− |
| 2,666 | Eclectic AL | 1,256 | $50K | 14.0% | 7.2% | 4% | C− |
| 2,667 | Kremmling CO | 1,451 | $77K | 15.4% | 6.7% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Boyceville, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Boyceville and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Boyceville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyceville | – | C− | C+ | 32 min | $59,464 |
| Tiffany | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Hay River | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Stanton | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Tiffany, Hay River and Stanton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Boyceville’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 Boyceville: questions
What is the median household income in Boyceville?
$59,464 (±$11,888) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boyceville?
16.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boyceville?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boyceville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Menomonie (26%, 12 mi), Eau Claire (7%, 31 mi), Woodville (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Boyceville walkable?
Boyceville is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Boyceville 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 Boyceville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boyceville
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.