Cuba City has lower unemployment (0.4%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Cuba City A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 8% work in Cuba City itself; outside it, Dubuque draws the most (20%, 16 miles). Poverty touches 2.1% of residents; Wisconsin has 10.6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cuba City at work: what stands out
A lot of Cuba City workers cross into Iowa
25% of Cuba City workers work outside Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Dubuque (20%) and Galena (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Cuba City makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Cuba City are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Cuba City residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Cuba City than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Cuba City fell from 733 in 2014 to 542 in 2024, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 971 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Cuba City’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cuba City is better than 80% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Cuba City’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cuba City could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
Where people from Cuba City work
Where Cuba City clocks in
20% of workers
12% of workers
3% 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.
35% of the jobs in Cuba City make or build things
542 jobs are based in Cuba City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cuba City, 2014 → 2024: 733 → 542. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cuba City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Cuba City, and who commutes in
On a workday 896 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Cuba City on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.56 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 2024, primary jobs.
How long Cuba City spends getting to work: 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 Cuba City workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 887 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cuba City
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Cuba City, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cuba City is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,079 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). 1.0% of Cuba City households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cuba City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cuba City places 682nd of 5,148 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 35 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 680 | Lofall WA | 1,800 | $114K | 0.8% | 5.3% | 1% | A− |
| 681 | Kamas UT | 2,086 | $97K | 2.3% | 0.5% | 16% | A− |
| 682 | Cuba City WI | 2,103 | $75K | 2.1% | 0.4% | 8% | A− |
| 683 | Bel Air MD | 1,837 | $98K | 0.2% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 684 | Goose Creek Village VA | 2,461 | $199K | 13.7% | 3.3% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Cuba City, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Cuba City
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cuba City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuba City | – | A− | C+ | 22 min | $74,571 |
| Benton | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Smelser | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hazel Green | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Benton and Smelser: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Hazel Green: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cuba City’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 2024, 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 Cuba City: questions
What is the median household income in Cuba City?
$74,571 (±$6,772) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cuba City?
2.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cuba City?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cuba City work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dubuque (20%, 16 mi), Platteville (12%, 9 mi), Lancaster (3%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cuba City walkable?
Cuba City is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cuba City without a car?
<1% 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 Cuba City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cuba City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.