Most of Chicog commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% work in Chicog itself; outside it, Spooner draws the most (15%, 15 miles). Chicog has 49 jobs for 114 working residents. The average commute takes 29 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Chicog
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Chicog on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
The towns that employ Chicog’s residents
Where Chicog clocks in
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.
Services make up most of the work in Chicog
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chicog, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 49. 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 Chicog’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Chicog
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chicog workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 12% 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.
Chicog’s commute, mile by mile
About 39% 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.
Around Chicog: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Minong (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chicog workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicog | – | — | — | 29 min | $56,250 |
| Brooklyn | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Webb Lake | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Minong | 6% | C+ | C+ | 26 min | $75,000 |
| Casey | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Scott | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brooklyn and Scott: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Webb Lake and Casey: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chicog’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 Chicog: questions
What is the median household income in Chicog?
$56,250 (±$29,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chicog?
13.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chicog?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chicog work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spooner (15%, 15 mi), Minong (6%, 7 mi), Hayward (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chicog without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chicog, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chicog
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.