With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Hawthorne works elsewhere
Employers in Hawthorne report 86 jobs; 441 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Hawthorne B+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Measured by household income, Hawthorne is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hawthorne in brief
A lot of Hawthorne workers cross into Minnesota
39% of Hawthorne workers work outside Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Duluth (17%), Hermantown (2%) and Proctor (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Hawthorne is a place people come home to
There are 86 jobs based in Hawthorne, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hawthorne has about 670 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hawthorne workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 100 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 441 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Hawthorne
On income, poverty and job access, Hawthorne is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hawthorne’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Hawthorne’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Hawthorne could be anywhere from B− to A−.
32% of working residents work in Superior
Where Hawthorne clocks in
32% of workers
17% of workers
3% 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.
Hawthorne by day and by night
On a workday 434 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 79 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Hawthorne on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hawthorne workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 510 commuters (the 7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Hawthorne
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hawthorne, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 86. 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 Hawthorne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hawthorne’s workers travel
About 23% 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.
The commute in Hawthorne is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hawthorne is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 547 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.4% of Hawthorne households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hawthorne’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hawthorne is 557th among 3,133 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 555 | Butler Township IN | 1,343 | $97K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 556 | Monroe Township OH | 1,091 | $86K | 4.6% | 9.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 557 | Hawthorne WI | 1,021 | $102K | 4.7% | 5.6% | 2% | B+ |
| 558 | Pensaukee WI | 1,394 | $80K | 5.9% | 1.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 559 | Newport OH | 1,180 | $92K | 1.6% | 5.8% | 3% | 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 Hawthorne, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Hawthorne
The biggest share goes to Amnicon (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hawthorne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne | – | B+ | C− | 35 min | $101,875 |
| Bennett | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Amnicon | 2% | B− | D | 28 min | $62,454 |
| Lake Nebagamon | 2% | B | C+ | 39 min | $79,250 |
| Oakland | under 2% | B | D− | 33 min | $88,828 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bennett: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hawthorne’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 Hawthorne: questions
What is the median household income in Hawthorne?
$101,875 (±$20,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hawthorne?
4.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hawthorne?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hawthorne work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (32%, 17 mi), Duluth (17%, 23 mi), Ashland (3%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hawthorne walkable?
Hawthorne is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hawthorne without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hawthorne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hawthorne
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.