Most of Conover commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Conover has 161 jobs, against 437 working residents. For jobs and income Conover is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (B−). Only 4% stay in Conover for work; outside it, Eagle River is the main destination (15%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Conover apart
The four measures behind Conover’s grade
The poverty rate holds Conover’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Conover’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, Conover could be anywhere from D to B−.
Half of Conover commutes less than 21 miles
About 35% 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.
Conover quiets down on a workday
On a workday 418 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 142 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Conover on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 Conover’s residents
Where Conover clocks in
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.
The kinds of work in Conover
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Conover, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 161. 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 Conover’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Conover’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Conover workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 437 commuters (the 18% 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.
Few in Conover walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 534 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). 1.8% of Conover households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Conover’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Conover ranks 3,772nd of 5,877 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,770 | Montgomery Township PA | 1,410 | $66K | 10.4% | 5.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,771 | Warren Township PA | 1,018 | $71K | 12.7% | 4.2% | 1% | C− |
| 3,772 | Conover WI | 1,373 | $62K | 7.3% | 6.4% | 4% | C− |
| 3,773 | Ardmore AL | 1,485 | $50K | 12.6% | 1.5% | 6% | C− |
| 3,774 | Montezuma IA | 1,417 | $66K | 12.5% | 3.8% | 21% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Conover, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 19% of Conover’s workers
The biggest share goes to Land O'Lakes (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Conover workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conover | – | C− | B− | 24 min | $61,786 |
| Phelps | 5% | C | B− | 20 min | $71,250 |
| Land O'Lakes | 9% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Plum Lake | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Cloverland | under 3% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $62,917 |
| Lincoln | 5% | B− | A− | 21 min | $77,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Land O'Lakes and Plum Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Conover’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 Conover: questions
What is the median household income in Conover?
$61,786 (±$13,872) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Conover?
7.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Conover?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Conover work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eagle River (15%, 9 mi), Land O'Lakes (9%, 8 mi), Washington (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Conover walkable?
Conover is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Conover without a car?
1% 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 Conover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Conover
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.