Work means Marshfield for more than half of Hewitt’s working residents
The average commute takes 17 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Hardly any work in Hewitt; the top destination outside it is Marshfield (51%, 4 miles). There are 34 jobs in Hewitt for 404 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hewitt, in a few figures
More than half of Hewitt works in Marshfield
207 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Marshfield, 3.6 miles away. That’s far more as work in Hewitt itself. The commute map ↓
Hewitt is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Hewitt, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hewitt has about 430 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Hewitt are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin 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 404 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Hewitt commutes to
Where Hewitt clocks in
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.
Hewitt quiets down on a workday
On a workday 404 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Hewitt on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
0.08 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.
Hewitt’s commute takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hewitt workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 371 commuters (the 10% 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 kinds of work in Hewitt
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hewitt, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 34. 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 Hewitt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Hewitt works
About 24% 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.
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 Hewitt: questions
What is the median household income in Hewitt?
$92,109 (±$14,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hewitt?
2.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hewitt?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hewitt work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Hewitt without a car?
1% 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 Hewitt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hewitt
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.