Marion Park Pavilion · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Jacobs has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 6% work in Jacobs itself; outside it, Park Falls draws the most (23%, 16 miles). Employers in Jacobs report 117 jobs for 262 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 31 minutes, 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
What sets Jacobs apart on work
A big share show a job far from home
34% 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 ↓
Jacobs workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 262 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Jacobs
About 34% 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.
Getting to work from Jacobs takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jacobs workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 171 commuters (the 12% 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.
Jacobs on a workday afternoon
On a workday 245 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Jacobs on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Jacobs ends
Where Jacobs clocks in
23% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Jacobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jacobs, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 117. 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 Jacobs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Next door to Jacobs
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jacobs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobs | – | — | — | 31 min | $55,625 |
| Peeksville | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Shanagolden | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Gordon | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Knight | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Anderson | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peeksville, Shanagolden, Gordon, Knight and Anderson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jacobs’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 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 Jacobs: questions
What is the median household income in Jacobs?
$55,625 (±$9,424) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jacobs?
14.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jacobs?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jacobs work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park Falls (23%, 16 mi), Ashland (7%, 33 mi), Butternut (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jacobs 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 Jacobs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jacobs
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.