Hazelhurst has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Jobs and income earn Hazelhurst B−; getting around on foot earns it D. Hazelhurst has 153 jobs, against 485 working residents. Working residents average 22 minutes each way, about the same as across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hazelhurst: the figures worth knowing
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Hazelhurst and Minocqua trade workers both ways
Minocqua is the top workplace for Hazelhurst residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Hazelhurst come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 485 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Hazelhurst’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Hazelhurst is better than 49% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Hazelhurst’s grade up (5.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Hazelhurst’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, Hazelhurst could be anywhere from C+ to B.
How far it is to work from Hazelhurst
About 42% 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.
25% of working residents work in Minocqua
Where Hazelhurst clocks in
6% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Hazelhurst
On a workday 471 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Hazelhurst on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
54% of the jobs in Hazelhurst make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hazelhurst, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 153. 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 Hazelhurst’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Hazelhurst: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hazelhurst workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 19% 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.
For most of Hazelhurst, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hazelhurst is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hazelhurst near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 542 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). 1.8% of Hazelhurst households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hazelhurst’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hazelhurst is 1,926th among 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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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| 25 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,924 | Canadice NY | 1,619 | $68K | 4.0% | 11.8% | 4% | B− |
| 1,925 | North Union Township PA | 1,412 | $71K | 6.4% | 3.4% | 1% | B− |
| 1,926 | Hazelhurst WI | 1,323 | $85K | 5.1% | 2.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,927 | New Sarpy LA | 1,247 | $52K | 9.4% | 8.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,928 | Farmer City IL | 1,797 | $67K | 8.2% | 9.2% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Hazelhurst, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door is work for 25% of Hazelhurst
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hazelhurst workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazelhurst | – | B− | D | 22 min | $85,300 |
| Minocqua | 25% | B− | C+ | 21 min | $69,112 |
| Cassian | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $79,750 |
| Lake Tomahawk | under 2% | C | C− | 24 min | $70,278 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Minocqua. Darker towns draw more of Hazelhurst’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 Hazelhurst: questions
What is the median household income in Hazelhurst?
$85,300 (±$4,420) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hazelhurst?
5.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hazelhurst?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hazelhurst work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Minocqua (25%, 8 mi), Rhinelander (6%, 18 mi), Lac du Flambeau (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hazelhurst walkable?
Hazelhurst is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hazelhurst 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 Hazelhurst, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hazelhurst
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.