Gull Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Hardly any stay in Gull Lake for work; outside it, Minong is the main destination (23%, 10 miles). Gull Lake has 1 jobs; 97 of its residents have a job. Working residents average 30 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Gull Lake
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Gull Lake on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
Where Gull Lake goes to work
Where Gull Lake clocks in
14% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Gull Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Gull Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes each way for Gull Lake’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gull Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Gull Lake
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door to Gull Lake
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gull Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gull Lake | – | — | — | 30 min | $81,875 |
| Brooklyn | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Springbrook | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Stinnett | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brooklyn: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Springbrook and Stinnett: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gull Lake’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 Gull Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Gull Lake?
$81,875 (±$42,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gull Lake?
7.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gull Lake?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gull Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minong (23%, 10 mi), Hayward (14%, 13 mi), Minong (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gull Lake 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 Gull Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gull Lake
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.