Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Endeavor works elsewhere
88 jobs are based in Endeavor for 185 working residents. Only 1% stay in Endeavor for work; outside it, Portage is the main destination (16%, 11 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Endeavor on a workday afternoon
On a workday 183 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Endeavor on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The places Endeavor commutes to
Where Endeavor clocks in
Lines 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: 31% of jobs based in Endeavor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Endeavor, 2014 → 2024: 107 → 88. 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 Endeavor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Endeavor spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Endeavor workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 210 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.
Endeavor’s commute, mile by mile
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 Endeavor: questions
What is the median household income in Endeavor?
$55,313 (±$10,318) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Endeavor?
16.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Endeavor?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Endeavor work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portage (16%, 11 mi), Westfield (5%, 10 mi), Lake Delton (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Endeavor without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Endeavor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Endeavor
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.