Photo: Appraiser · CC BY-SA 3.0Daniels has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Daniels has 27 jobs, against 271 working residents. Only 1% work in Daniels itself; outside it, Siren draws the most (17%, 4 miles). The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Daniels
Daniels is a place people come home to
There are 27 jobs based in Daniels, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Daniels has about 460 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Daniels workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; with 271 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Daniels: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 268 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Daniels on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Daniels
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Daniels workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 225 commuters (the 19% 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.
Out of Daniels to work: where people go
Where Daniels clocks in
17% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 48% of work in Daniels
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Daniels, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 27. 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 Daniels’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Daniels
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.
Daniels and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Siren (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Daniels workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels | – | — | — | 30 min | $61,354 |
| West Sweden | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Siren | 6% | D | B+ | 29 min | $63,438 |
| Lincoln | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Wood River | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Lewis | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Trade Lake | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Clam Falls | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. West Sweden, Wood River, Trade Lake and Clam Falls: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lincoln: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Lewis: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Daniels’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 Daniels: questions
What is the median household income in Daniels?
$61,354 (±$9,274) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Daniels?
13.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Daniels?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Daniels work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Siren (17%, 4 mi), Grantsburg (7%, 10 mi), Siren (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Daniels without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Daniels, from the people who make the trip.
More of Daniels
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.