Doyle has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
5% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. There are 58 jobs in Doyle, against 215 working residents. Hardly any work in Doyle; the top destination outside it is Rice Lake (34%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Doyle and work: the main findings
One in three of Doyle works in Rice Lake
74 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Rice Lake, 7.1 miles away. That’s 34 times as many as work in Doyle itself. The commute map ↓
Doyle is a place people come home to
There are 58 jobs based in Doyle, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Doyle has about 340 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Doyle are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin 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 215 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Doyle ends
Where Doyle clocks in
9% 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.
Who leaves Doyle for work, and who comes in
On a workday 213 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 56 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Doyle on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
About 16 minutes each way for Doyle’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Doyle workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 commuters (the 5% 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.
Jobs in Doyle: what the 58 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Doyle, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 58. 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 Doyle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Doyle
About 26% 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.
How Doyle compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Doyle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doyle | – | — | — | 16 min | $108,750 |
| Wilkinson | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Rice Lake | under 2% | A− | B | 14 min | $87,635 |
| Sumner | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Cedar Lake | under 2% | B− | C− | 25 min | $85,417 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wilkinson and Sumner: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Doyle’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 Doyle: questions
What is the median household income in Doyle?
$108,750 (±$26,186) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Doyle?
6.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Doyle?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Doyle work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rice Lake (34%, 7 mi), Barron (9%, 14 mi), Eau Claire (5%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Doyle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Doyle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Doyle
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.