Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Cumberland’s household incomes are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Poverty touches 37.1% of residents (Wisconsin 10.6%). The two grades for Cumberland 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
What the numbers say about work in Cumberland
Cumberland has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Cumberland went from 1,086 in 2013 to 1,509 in 2023, +39%. The jobs ↓
Cumberland gains people on a workday
About 2,700 people are in Cumberland on a workday afternoon, 20% more than the 2,300 who live here: 1,300 come in to work and 840 head out. Day and night ↓
Few Cumberland workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Cumberland
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cumberland is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Cumberland’s grade up (ahead of 22% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cumberland could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Goods, not services: 31% of the jobs in Cumberland
1,509 jobs are based in Cumberland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cumberland, 2013 → 2023: 1,086 → 1,509. 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 Cumberland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Cumberland fills up on a workday
On a workday 838 residents head out to work, 217 work right here, and 1,292 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Cumberland on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 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.
The trip to work from Cumberland: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cumberland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 900 commuters (the 4% 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.
8% of working residents work in Rice Lake
Where Cumberland clocks in
4% 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.
How far it is to work from Cumberland
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.
In Cumberland, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cumberland is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cumberland near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 933 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). 3.5% of Cumberland households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cumberland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cumberland and other U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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% | 3% | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,951 | Gordon GA | 1,720 | $47K | 23.9% | 1.6% | 8% | D− |
| 4,952 | Calhoun Falls SC | 1,779 | $39K | 16.6% | 2.5% | 5% | D− |
| 4,953 | Cumberland WI | 2,282 | $49K | 37.1% | 7.1% | 21% | D− |
| 4,954 | Sylvania GA | 2,704 | $46K | 20.9% | 1.8% | 17% | D− |
| 4,955 | Newaygo MI | 2,547 | $41K | 19.9% | 5.5% | 13% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Cumberland, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Cumberland
The biggest share goes to Lakeland (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cumberland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | – | D− | A− | 21 min | $49,479 |
| Crystal Lake | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Lakeland | 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Maple Plain | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Crystal Lake, Lakeland and Maple Plain: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cumberland’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 Cumberland: questions
What is the median household income in Cumberland?
$49,479 (±$21,560) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cumberland?
37.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cumberland?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cumberland work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rice Lake (8%, 14 mi), Turtle Lake (7%, 12 mi), Barron (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cumberland walkable?
Cumberland is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cumberland without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cumberland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cumberland
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.