Most of Gurney commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Wisconsin 13%). There are 8 jobs in Gurney, and 52 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Gurney; the top destination outside it is Hurley (21%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gurney by day and by night
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 98 people are in Gurney on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Gurney’s working residents head each day
Where Gurney clocks in
21% of workers
17% of workers
13% 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.
A place that makes things: 38% of Gurney’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gurney, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 8. 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 Gurney’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Gurney, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gurney workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 0% 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 far Gurney 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.
Work in the towns next to Gurney
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gurney workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gurney | – | — | — | 26 min | $64,375 |
| Saxon | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Anderson | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Sanborn | under 2% | D | B− | 17 min | $53,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Saxon and Anderson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gurney’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 Gurney: questions
What is the median household income in Gurney?
$64,375 (±$21,578) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gurney?
8.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gurney?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gurney work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hurley (21%, 14 mi), Ironwood (17%, 17 mi), Ashland (13%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gurney 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 Gurney, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gurney
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.