Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0How Cambria works: jobs, income and commuting
3% of workers work from home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. Only 8% work in Cambria itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (7%, 35 miles). The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cambria stands out on work
Cambria makes and builds things
73% of the jobs based in Cambria are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cambria residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Cambria pay better than its residents’ jobs
80% of the jobs based in Cambria pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 62% of the jobs Cambria residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Cambria. The jobs ↓
Few Cambria workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 311 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Factories, building and farms: 73% of the jobs in Cambria
456 jobs are based in Cambria.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cambria, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 456. 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 Cambria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Cambria: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cambria workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 398 commuters (the 3% 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.
Cambria by day and by night
On a workday 287 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 432 people come in from elsewhere.
About 910 people are in Cambria on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 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.
Where the trip to work from Cambria ends
Where Cambria clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Cambria’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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.
Cambria and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Randolph (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cambria workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambria | – | — | — | 23 min | $69,323 |
| Courtland | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Randolph | 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Courtland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Randolph: 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 Cambria’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 Cambria: questions
What is the median household income in Cambria?
$69,323 (±$9,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cambria?
8.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cambria?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cambria work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (7%, 35 mi), Randolph (6%, 5 mi), Portage (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cambria without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cambria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cambria
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.