Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Ellison Bay, WI
The average commute takes 12 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 5% of workers (Wisconsin 13%). Only 4% stay in Ellison Bay for work; outside it, Liberty Grove is the main destination (24%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Ellison Bay
On a workday 106 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Ellison Bay commutes to
Where Ellison Bay clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
Ellison Bay makes things: 30% of its jobs are in goods
115 jobs are based in Ellison Bay.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellison Bay, 2014 → 2024: 55 → 115. 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 Ellison Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 12 minutes each way, quicker than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellison Bay workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 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.
Half of Ellison Bay commutes less than 11 miles
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ellison Bay: questions
What is the median household income in Ellison Bay?
$66,000 (±$29,568) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellison Bay?
21.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellison Bay?
12 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellison Bay work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Liberty Grove (24%, 5 mi), Sister Bay (12%, 6 mi), Gibraltar (11%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Ellison Bay 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 Ellison Bay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellison Bay
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.