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Jobs & commute in Hill

Most of Hill commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident

There are 28 jobs in Hill for 156 working residents. Only 1% work in Hill itself; outside it, Phillips draws the most (22%, 21 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Hill by day

On a workday 154 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.

154live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
26work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night380
Workday250
380live here− 150head out to work+ 26come in to work= 250on a workday

About 250 people are in Hill on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Hill’s residents

Rib Lake: 3 residents work here (2%)Prentice: 14 residents work here (9%)Hawkins: 4 residents work here (3%)Phillips: 34 residents work here (22%)Park Falls: 3 residents work here (2%)WashburnMedford: 8 residents work here (5%)MerrillMenomonie: 3 residents work here (2%)Wausau: 3 residents work here (2%)SuperiorKnoxHillOgema: 8 residents work here (5%)Worcester: 12 residents work here (8%)PrenticeRib LakeEmeryEisensteinSpiritPhillipsPrenticeWorcesterMedfordOgemaHawkinsHill
1
Phillips21.1 mi away
22%34
2
Prentice9.3 mi away
9%14
3
Worcester22.8 mi away
8%12
4
Medford19.8 mi away
5%8
5
Ogema7.2 mi away
5%8
6
Hawkins24.2 mi away
3%4
7
Rib Lake6.7 mi away
2%3
8
Park Falls37.5 mi away
2%3
9
Menomonie89.2 mi away
2%3
10
Wausau42.4 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%64
The top trips

Where Hill clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Goods, not services: 64% of the jobs in Hill

Jobs based in HillJobs Hill residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms64%42%
Trade, transport & utilities14%15%
Services: health, schools, offices21%43%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less57%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%31%
Over $3,333 a month18%57%

Who does it

29 or younger21%19%
30 to 5432%48%
55 and older46%33%
−3%

Jobs based in Hill, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 28. 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 Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 27 minutes each way for Hill’s commuters

A year of commuting
204 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Hill27 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
10%

of Hill workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Hill gets to work
89%Drive alone
10%Carpool

Share of the 141 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Hill

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miPhillips: 22% · 21.1 miPrentice: 9% · 9.3 miWorcester: 8% · 22.8 miMedford: 5% · 19.8 miOgema: 5% · 7.2 miHawkins: 3% · 24.2 miRib Lake: 2% · 6.7 miPark Falls: 2% · 37.5 miMenomonie: 2% · 89.2 miWausau: 2% · 42.4 miPhillips 22%Prentice 9%Worcester 8%Medford 5%Ogema 5%Hill
HillTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi31 residents
42%10–24 mi66 residents
12%25–50 mi18 residents
26%Over 50 mi41 residents

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.

Next door

The towns around Hill

The biggest share goes to Ogema (5%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Rib Lake26 min
Hill27 min
Ogema27 min
Prentice29 min
Spirit39 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownHill workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Hill–——27 min$59,511
Prenticeunder 2%——29 min—
Spiritunder 2%——39 min—
Ogema5%——27 min—
Rib Lakeunder 2%——26 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Prentice, Spirit, Ogema and Rib Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hill: questions

What is the median household income in Hill?

$59,511 (±$3,074) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Hill?

13.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Hill?

27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Hill work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phillips (22%, 21 mi), Prentice (9%, 9 mi), Worcester (8%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Hill without a car?

0% 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 Hill, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Hill

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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.