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Jobs & commute in Ingram

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Ingram works elsewhere

There are 1 jobs in Ingram; 31 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Ingram for work; outside it, Hawkins is the main destination (16%, 5 miles). Home is the office for 21% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

How many people are in Ingram by day

On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

31live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night69
Workday39
69live here− 31head out to work+ 1come in to work= 39on a workday

About 39 people are in Ingram on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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 commute map

The places Ingram commutes to

Cloquet: 1 residents work here (3%)Duluth: 1 residents work here (3%)Glen Flora: 1 residents work here (3%)Winter: 1 residents work here (3%)IngramThorp: 1 residents work here (3%)TonyHawkins: 5 residents work here (16%)Bruce: 2 residents work here (6%)Phillips: 2 residents work here (6%)Ladysmith: 3 residents work here (10%)Rice Lake: 2 residents work here (6%)HawkinsLadysmithBrucePhillipsRice LakeCloquetIngram
1
Hawkins4.7 mi away
16%5
2
Ladysmith14.1 mi away
10%3
3
Bruce22.7 mi away
6%2
4
Phillips23.6 mi away
6%2
5
Rice Lake45.1 mi away
6%2
6
Cloquet, MN116.8 mi away
3%1
7
Duluth, MN108.1 mi away
3%1
8
Glen Flora3.9 mi away
3%1
9
Winter23.9 mi away
3%1
10
Thorp37.8 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%12
The top trips

Where Ingram 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.

The jobs

Ingram is a services town

Jobs based in IngramJobs Ingram residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%35%
Trade, transport & utilities0%16%
Services: health, schools, offices100%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%32%
Over $3,333 a month0%55%

Who does it

29 or younger100%23%
30 to 540%45%
55 and older0%32%

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 Ingram’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

How long Ingram spends getting to work: about 28 minutes

A year of commuting
212 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Ingram28 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
21%

of Ingram workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Ingram gets to work
82%Drive alone
9%Carpool
9%Walk

Share of the 11 commuters (the 21% 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.

How far

The commute from Ingram, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miHawkins: 16% · 4.7 miLadysmith: 10% · 14.1 miBruce: 6% · 22.7 miPhillips: 6% · 23.6 miRice Lake: 6% · 45.1 miCloquet: 3% · 116.8 miDuluth: 3% · 108.1 miGlen Flora: 3% · 3.9 miWinter: 3% · 23.9 miThorp: 3% · 37.8 miHawkins 16%Ladysmith 10%Bruce 6%Phillips 6%Ingram
IngramTop destinations (size = commuters)
19%Under 10 mi6 residents
32%10–24 mi10 residents
16%25–50 mi5 residents
32%Over 50 mi10 residents

About 32% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Ingram: questions

What is the median household income in Ingram?

$48,750 (±$17,200) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Ingram?

13.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Ingram?

28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Ingram work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hawkins (16%, 5 mi), Ladysmith (10%, 14 mi), Bruce (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Ingram without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Ingram, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Ingram

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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.