How Hustler works: jobs, income and commuting
0% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. Hardly any stay in Hustler for work; outside it, Mauston is the main destination (18%, 11 miles). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Hustler
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).
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 places Hustler commutes to
Where Hustler clocks in
18% of workers
16% 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 Hustler’s employers do
57 jobs are based in Hustler.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hustler, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 57. 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 Hustler’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hustler: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hustler workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 0% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hustler
About 37% 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.
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 Hustler: questions
What is the median household income in Hustler?
$51,500 (±$11,862) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hustler?
17.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hustler?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hustler work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mauston (18%, 11 mi), Tomah (16%, 14 mi), New Lisbon (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hustler without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hustler, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hustler
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.