Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Cascade has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Working residents average 22 minutes each way, about the same as across Wisconsin. Cascade has 92 jobs; 301 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Cascade for work; outside it, Plymouth is the main destination (15%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cascade quiets down on a workday
On a workday 297 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Cascade on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Where people from Cascade work
Where Cascade clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
5% 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.
In Cascade, 60% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cascade, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 92. 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 Cascade’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cascade’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cascade workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far Cascade goes to work
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.
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 Cascade: questions
What is the median household income in Cascade?
$79,750 (±$10,237) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cascade?
4.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cascade?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cascade work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plymouth (15%, 6 mi), Sheboygan (15%, 15 mi), Milwaukee (5%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cascade 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 Cascade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cascade
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.