Hubbard has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hubbard has 21 jobs; 77 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Hubbard for work; outside it, Ladysmith is the main destination (27%, 10 miles). For 28% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Hubbard: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 77 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Hubbard on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Hubbard goes to work
Where Hubbard 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Hubbard
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hubbard, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 21. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hubbard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Hubbard
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hubbard workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 41 commuters (the 28% 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.
Half of Hubbard commutes less than 23 miles
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Hubbard compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Flambeau (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hubbard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubbard | – | — | — | 33 min | $50,417 |
| Murry | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Thornapple | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Big Falls | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Flambeau | 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Meadowbrook | under 2% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Dewey | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Murry, Thornapple, Big Falls, Meadowbrook and Dewey: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Flambeau: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hubbard’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 2024, 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 Hubbard: questions
What is the median household income in Hubbard?
$50,417 (±$18,283) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hubbard?
29.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hubbard?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hubbard work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ladysmith (27%, 10 mi), Hawkins (10%, 21 mi), Glen Flora (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hubbard 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 Hubbard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hubbard
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.