Carson has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
72 jobs are based in Carson, and 711 of its residents work somewhere. Carson grades B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 28% of workers have no commute at all, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Carson apart on work
Carson is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Carson, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Carson has about 760 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Carson
28% of Carson workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. 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 711 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Carson’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Carson is better than 71% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Carson’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Carson’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Carson could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Carson quiets down on a workday
On a workday 703 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Carson on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carson workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 485 commuters (the 28% 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.
26% of working residents work in Stevens Point
Where Carson 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.
Carson works in goods: 63% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carson, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 72. 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 Carson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Carson’s commute, mile by mile
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.
The commute in Carson is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carson is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 672 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). 4.1% of Carson households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Carson places 973rd of 5,877 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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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| 26 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 971 | Seneca Township OH | 1,427 | $92K | 3.1% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 972 | Liberty WI | 1,253 | $88K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 3% | B+ |
| 973 | Carson WI | 1,403 | $90K | 3.8% | 2.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 974 | Sunnyside-Tahoe City CA | 1,599 | $118K | 1.4% | 0.0% | 20% | B+ |
| 975 | Greenfield Township IL | 1,009 | $89K | 5.3% | 3.5% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Carson, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Carson
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson | – | B+ | D | 22 min | $90,278 |
| Hull | under 2% | A | C− | 20 min | $105,652 |
| Junction City | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Linwood | under 2% | B+ | D | 20 min | $81,875 |
| Sherry | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Rudolph | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $89,464 |
| Eau Pleine | under 2% | B+ | D− | 27 min | $107,159 |
Same-state neighbors only. Junction City and Sherry: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carson’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 Carson: questions
What is the median household income in Carson?
$90,278 (±$35,338) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carson?
3.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carson?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carson work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stevens Point (26%, 9 mi), Plover (7%, 12 mi), Marshfield (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carson walkable?
Carson is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carson without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carson
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.