Households in Crandon earn less than those in 94% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 18 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). 20.9% of residents are in poverty, where Wisconsin as a whole has 10.6%. The two grades for Crandon are D− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Crandon at work: what stands out
Crandon and Lincoln trade workers both ways
Lincoln is the top workplace for Crandon residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Crandon come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Many jobs in Crandon pay little
29% of the jobs based in Crandon pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 758 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Crandon’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Crandon is better than 2% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Crandon’s grade.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Crandon’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Crandon could be anywhere from D− to D.
20% of working residents work in Lincoln
Where Crandon clocks in
9% 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 the 679 jobs in Crandon are
679 jobs are based in Crandon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crandon, 2013 → 2023: 739 → 679. 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 Crandon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Crandon
On a workday 638 residents head out to work, 120 work right here, and 559 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Crandon: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crandon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 504 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Crandon
About 29% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Crandon
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Crandon is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 7.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 543 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). 8.0% of Crandon households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Crandon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Crandon sits among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 38 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 43 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 5,539 | Tracy City TN | 1,427 | $39K | 24.2% | 8.3% | 7% | D− |
| 5,540 | Soap Lake WA | 1,817 | $48K | 27.4% | 8.9% | 3% | D− |
| 5,541 | Crandon WI | 1,726 | $43K | 20.9% | 1.8% | 16% | D− |
| 5,542 | Marion Township MI | 1,603 | $44K | 21.6% | 8.0% | 10% | D− |
| 5,543 | Benton Township OH | 1,576 | $33K | 19.1% | 0.0% | <1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Crandon, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Crandon’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Lincoln. Darker towns draw more of Crandon’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 Crandon: questions
What is the median household income in Crandon?
$42,784 (±$8,471) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crandon?
20.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crandon?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crandon work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (20%, 2 mi), Nashville (9%, 6 mi), Rhinelander (5%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Crandon walkable?
Crandon is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Crandon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crandon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crandon
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.