Franklin Lake Campground · Public domainHiles has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute takes 43 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. 12 jobs are based in Hiles; 166 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Hiles; the top destination outside it is Lincoln (11%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Hiles for work, and who comes in
On a workday 165 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Hiles on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where the trip to work from Hiles ends
Where Hiles clocks in
9% 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.
Hiles is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hiles, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 12. 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 Hiles’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hiles: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hiles workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far Hiles goes to work
About 47% 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.
Work in the towns next to Hiles
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hiles workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiles | – | — | — | 43 min | $61,250 |
| Three Lakes | under 2% | C− | D | 25 min | $70,250 |
| Argonne | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Phelps | under 2% | C | B− | 20 min | $71,250 |
| Piehl | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Alvin | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Crandon | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Washington | under 2% | C | B− | 20 min | $85,379 |
Same-state neighbors only. Argonne, Piehl and Alvin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Crandon: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hiles’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 Hiles: questions
What is the median household income in Hiles?
$61,250 (±$5,885) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hiles?
8.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hiles?
43 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hiles work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (11%, 18 mi), Rhinelander (9%, 24 mi), Crandon (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hiles without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hiles, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hiles
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.