With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of How works elsewhere
Only 3% work in How itself; outside it, Suring draws the most (10%, 3 miles). How has 61 jobs, and 244 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 30 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in How
How is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in How, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday How has about 350 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
How 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 244 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves How for work, and who comes in
On a workday 237 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in How on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of How workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 242 commuters (the 12% 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 places How commutes to
Where How clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
How works in goods: 74% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in How, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 61. 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 How’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from How
About 23% 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.
14% of How works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | How workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | – | — | — | 30 min | $81,125 |
| Suring | 10% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Maple Valley | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Underhill | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Breed | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Menominee | 4% | D | C | 22 min | $62,108 |
Same-state neighbors only. Suring, Maple Valley, Underhill and Breed: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Suring. Darker towns draw more of How’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 How: questions
What is the median household income in How?
$81,125 (±$12,113) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in How?
8.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from How?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in How work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Suring (10%, 3 mi), Green Bay (5%, 38 mi), Shawano (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around How 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 How, from the people who make the trip.
More of How
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.