Curtiss has 5.4 jobs for every working resident: 501 people commute in to work
Employers in Curtiss report 511 jobs; 95 of its residents have a job. About one in ten stay in Curtiss for work; outside it, Abbotsford is the main destination (16%, 6 miles). For 2% of workers, the job is at home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Curtiss, and who commutes in
On a workday 85 residents head out to work and 10 work right here.
About 730 people are in Curtiss on a workday afternoon, 133% more 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.
Commuting in to Curtiss: where workers come from
Where Curtiss clocks in
16% 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.
Making and building: 70% of jobs based in Curtiss
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Curtiss, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 511. 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 Curtiss’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 14 minutes from Curtiss
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Curtiss workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 197 commuters (the 2% 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.
How far Curtiss goes to work
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.
The towns around Curtiss
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Curtiss workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curtiss | – | — | — | 14 min | $68,523 |
| Mayville | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Hoard | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Green Grove | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Mayville: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Hoard and Green Grove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Curtiss’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 Curtiss: questions
What is the median household income in Curtiss?
$68,523 (±$18,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Curtiss?
21.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Curtiss?
14 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Curtiss work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abbotsford (16%, 6 mi), Thorp (5%, 18 mi), Owen (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Curtiss without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Curtiss, from the people who make the trip.
More of Curtiss
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.