Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Hutchins commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Hutchins itself; outside it, Antigo draws the most (9%, 12 miles). Employers in Hutchins report 32 jobs for 224 working residents. 6% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hutchins apart on work
Hutchins is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Hutchins, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hutchins has about 310 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hutchins workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 224 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Hutchins, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Hutchins 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.
About 32 minutes each way for Hutchins’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hutchins workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 273 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hutchins
About 30% 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.
The towns that employ Hutchins’ residents
Where Hutchins clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Making and building: 53% of jobs based in Hutchins
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hutchins, 2014 → 2024: 2 → 32. 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 Hutchins’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns around Hutchins
The biggest share goes to Almon (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hutchins workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchins | – | — | — | 32 min | $69,583 |
| Aniwa | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Almon | 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Norwood | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Menominee | under 3% | D | C | 22 min | $62,108 |
| Birnamwood | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Aniwa, Almon, Norwood and Birnamwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hutchins’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 Hutchins: questions
What is the median household income in Hutchins?
$69,583 (±$17,662) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hutchins?
14.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hutchins?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hutchins work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antigo (9%, 12 mi), Tigerton (7%, 16 mi), Wausau (6%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hutchins without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hutchins, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hutchins
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.