With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Gilman works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Gilman for work; outside it, River Falls is the main destination (18%, 16 miles). Gilman has 146 jobs for 449 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gilman and work: the main findings
Gilman and River Falls trade workers both ways
River Falls is the top workplace for Gilman residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Gilman come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Gilman 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 449 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Gilman’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Gilman is better than 62% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Gilman’s grade up ($107,969, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.3%) is left out: Gilman’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Gilman could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting out of Gilman: the destinations
Where Gilman clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Gilman
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilman workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 552 commuters (the 13% 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 people are in Gilman by day
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 137 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Gilman on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Goods jobs make up 62% of work in Gilman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilman, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 146. 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 Gilman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Gilman goes to work
About 21% 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.
Gilman is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gilman is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 638 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.4% of Gilman households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gilman’s commuters take a bus or train.
690th of 3,133: where Gilman ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 688 | Caney Township KS | 1,096 | $89K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 1% | B |
| 689 | Chester MA | 1,222 | $89K | 1.8% | 1.5% | 3% | B |
| 690 | Gilman WI | 1,056 | $108K | 6.6% | 4.3% | 2% | B |
| 691 | Nicollet MN | 1,127 | $85K | 6.6% | 2.0% | 2% | B |
| 692 | Oologah OK | 1,358 | $80K | 9.4% | 7.6% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Gilman, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Gilman
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gilman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilman | – | B | C | 30 min | $107,969 |
| Spring Valley | under 3% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $69,750 |
| Martell | under 3% | B+ | C | 37 min | $94,519 |
| Eau Galle | under 3% | B | C | 29 min | $90,840 |
| El Paso | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Spring Lake | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. El Paso and Spring Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gilman’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 Gilman: questions
What is the median household income in Gilman?
$107,969 (±$30,939) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilman?
6.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilman?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gilman work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are River Falls (18%, 16 mi), Hudson (9%, 23 mi), Ellsworth (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gilman walkable?
Gilman is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gilman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gilman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilman
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.