Hull has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
The two grades for Hull are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. There are 361 jobs in Hull, against 2,354 working residents. Measured by household income, Hull is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hull in brief
Hull is a place people come home to
There are 361 jobs based in Hull, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hull has about 3,200 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
40% of Hull works in Stevens Point
932 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Stevens Point, 2.8 miles away across the town line. That’s 40 times as many as work in Hull itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Hull’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hull is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #136 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hull could be anywhere from B to A+.
A workday in Hull: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,329 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 336 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Hull on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
40% of working residents work in Stevens Point
Where Hull clocks in
4% 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.
What Hull’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hull, 2014 → 2024: 258 → 361. 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 Hull’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Hull’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hull workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,188 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.
The distance from Hull to work
About 27% 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.
In Hull, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hull is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #323 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Hull near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,568 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Hull households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hull’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Hull is 551st of 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 549 | Samsula-Spruce Creek FL | 4,852 | $98K | 3.6% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| 550 | Lowell MI | 4,134 | $73K | 4.5% | 0.5% | 9% | A |
| 551 | Hull WI | 5,239 | $106K | 4.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| 552 | Southgate FL | 5,772 | $80K | 4.8% | 2.1% | 2% | A |
| 553 | Whitemarsh Island GA | 6,886 | $102K | 3.9% | 3.3% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hull, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bordering towns draw 40% of Hull’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hull workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull | – | A | C− | 20 min | $105,652 |
| Stevens Point | 40% | C | A | 17 min | $58,031 |
| Carson | under 2% | B+ | D | 22 min | $90,278 |
| Dewey | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dewey: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Stevens Point. Darker towns draw more of Hull’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 Hull: questions
What is the median household income in Hull?
$105,652 (±$24,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hull?
4.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hull?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hull work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stevens Point (40%, 3 mi), Plover (7%, 7 mi), Wausau (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hull walkable?
Hull is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hull without a car?
0% 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 Hull, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hull
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.