Brule has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Brule has 95 jobs, against 294 working residents. Only 4% work in Brule itself; outside it, Superior draws the most (25%, 24 miles). Working residents average 34 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Brule apart on work
Brule’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Brule is Superior, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (73) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Brule workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 92 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 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Brule
About 23% 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 daily trip from Brule: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brule workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 245 commuters (the 15% 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.
Who works in Brule, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Brule on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Brule to work: where people go
Where Brule clocks in
25% of workers
18% of workers
4% 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 kinds of work in Brule
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brule, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 95. 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 Brule’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Around Brule: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Maple (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brule workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brule | – | — | — | 34 min | $63,375 |
| Hughes | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Maple | 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Oulu | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Highland | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Lake Nebagamon | 2% | B | C+ | 39 min | $79,250 |
| Cloverland | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hughes, Maple, Oulu and Highland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Cloverland: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brule’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 Brule: questions
What is the median household income in Brule?
$63,375 (±$22,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brule?
8.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brule?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brule work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (25%, 24 mi), Duluth (18%, 28 mi), Ashland (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brule without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brule, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brule
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.