Photo: Corey Coyle · CC BY 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Hazel Green works elsewhere
Hazel Green has 227 jobs for 527 working residents. The two grades for Hazel Green are C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 3% work in Hazel Green itself; outside it, Dubuque draws the most (31%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Hazel Green, in brief
Many Hazel Green workers cross into Iowa
48% of Hazel Green workers work outside Wisconsin, most of them in Iowa, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
31% of Hazel Green works in Dubuque
166 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Dubuque, IA, 14 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Hazel Green itself. The commute map ↓
Hazel Green workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 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 527 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Hazel Green
On income, poverty and job access, Hazel Green is better than 39% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hazel Green’s grade.
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Hazel Green’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, Hazel Green could be anywhere from C− to B.
The places Hazel Green commutes to
Where Hazel Green clocks in
31% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
From Hazel Green, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hazel Green workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 530 commuters (the 14% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Hazel Green
On a workday 510 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Hazel Green on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
What Hazel Green’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hazel Green, 2013 → 2023: 333 → 227. 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 Hazel Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Hazel Green commutes less than 14 miles
About 26% 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.
In Hazel Green, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hazel Green is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 613 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Hazel Green households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hazel Green’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hazel Green ranks: 1,971st of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,969 | Buffalo OK | 1,002 | $72K | 5.0% | 1.5% | 19% | C+ |
| 1,970 | Elizabeth PA | 1,343 | $51K | 13.0% | 3.9% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,971 | Hazel Green WI | 1,173 | $65K | 10.6% | 0.6% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,972 | Boone Township IN | 1,329 | $54K | 4.5% | 3.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,973 | Frenchcreek Township PA | 1,393 | $69K | 7.5% | 1.8% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Hazel Green, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Hazel Green and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hazel Green workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazel Green | – | C+ | B | 30 min | $64,688 |
| Benton | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Benton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hazel Green’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 Hazel Green: questions
What is the median household income in Hazel Green?
$64,688 (±$11,031) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hazel Green?
10.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hazel Green?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hazel Green work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dubuque (31%, 14 mi), Jamestown (5%, 8 mi), Galena (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hazel Green walkable?
Hazel Green is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hazel Green without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hazel Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hazel Green
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.