Most of Gingles commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 2% work in Gingles itself; outside it, Ashland draws the most (40%, 3 miles). Employers in Gingles report 151 jobs, and 365 of its residents work somewhere. 6% of workers have no commute at all; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Gingles stands out on work
Much of Gingles works one town over
49% of working residents work in a town that borders Gingles: Ashland (40%) and White River (9%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Gingles are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 38 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 365 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Gingles
About 30% 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.
About 17 minutes each way for Gingles’ 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 Gingles workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 commuters (the 6% 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.
Gingles by day and by night
On a workday 357 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Gingles on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The towns that employ Gingles’ residents
Where Gingles clocks in
40% of workers
5% 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.
36% of the jobs in Gingles make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gingles, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 151. 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 Gingles’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Work next door: 49% of Gingles’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gingles workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gingles | – | — | — | 17 min | $85,938 |
| Ashland | 40% | C− | A | 14 min | $54,529 |
| Sanborn | under 2% | D | B− | 17 min | $53,125 |
| White River | 9% | B | C | 20 min | $87,917 |
| Eileen | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eileen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ashland. Darker towns draw more of Gingles’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 Gingles: questions
What is the median household income in Gingles?
$85,938 (±$11,827) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gingles?
5.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gingles?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gingles work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (40%, 3 mi), White River (9%, 6 mi), Mellen (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gingles 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 Gingles, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gingles
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.