Hackett at work: jobs, income and the commute
Working residents average 25 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 4% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. Only 1% work in Hackett itself; outside it, Phillips draws the most (29%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Hackett
On a workday 84 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Hackett on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Hackett goes to work
Where Hackett 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.
Factories, building and farms: 86% of the jobs in Hackett
50 jobs are based in Hackett.
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 Hackett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Hackett’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hackett workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 commuters (the 4% 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.
Half of Hackett commutes less than 14 miles
About 19% 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.
Hackett and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Worcester (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hackett workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackett | – | — | — | 25 min | $64,100 |
| Worcester | 5% | C | D | 19 min | $68,438 |
| Emery | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Prentice | 4% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Knox | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Lynne | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Harmony | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Catawba | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Emery, Prentice, Knox, Lynne and Catawba: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Harmony: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hackett’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 Hackett: questions
What is the median household income in Hackett?
$64,100 (±$937) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hackett?
7.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hackett?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hackett work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phillips (29%, 9 mi), Prentice (9%, 4 mi), Medford (7%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hackett 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 Hackett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hackett
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.