Earning a living in Cassville
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Only 7% stay in Cassville for work; outside it, Lancaster is the main destination (19%, 17 miles). There are 189 jobs in Cassville for 324 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cassville stands out on work
How far it is to work from Cassville
About 31% 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.
In and out of Cassville on a workday
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere.
About 620 people are in Cassville on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Cassville’s working residents head each day
Where Cassville clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
What Cassville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cassville, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 189. 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 Cassville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Cassville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cassville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 9% 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.
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 Cassville: questions
What is the median household income in Cassville?
$58,750 (±$8,149) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cassville?
11.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cassville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cassville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lancaster (19%, 17 mi), Dubuque (5%, 21 mi), Madison (5%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cassville 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 Cassville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cassville
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.