With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Dairyland works elsewhere
The average commute takes 41 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Dairyland has 8 jobs, against 94 working residents. Hardly any stay in Dairyland for work; outside it, Superior is the main destination (29%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Dairyland for work, and who comes in
On a workday 94 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Dairyland on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Dairyland: the destinations
Where Dairyland clocks in
29% of workers
21% of workers
2% 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.
Most jobs in Dairyland are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dairyland, 2014 → 2024: 19 → 8. 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 Dairyland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Dairyland’s commute takes about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dairyland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 commuters (the 9% 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 many miles Dairyland commutes
About 27% 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.
Next door to Dairyland
The biggest share goes to Summit (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dairyland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dairyland | – | — | — | 41 min | $59,167 |
| Blaine | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Summit | 2% | C | D− | 37 min | $71,071 |
| Wascott | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Gordon | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Blaine, Wascott and Gordon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dairyland’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 10% of Dairyland workers work outside Wisconsin. The job records count 23% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dairyland: questions
What is the median household income in Dairyland?
$59,167 (±$22,010) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dairyland?
6.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dairyland?
41 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dairyland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (29%, 31 mi), Duluth (21%, 36 mi), New Richmond (2%, 80 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dairyland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dairyland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dairyland
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.