Most of Jump River commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Jump River report 4 jobs for 124 working residents. Hardly any stay in Jump River for work; outside it, Medford is the main destination (24%, 24 miles). For 3% of workers, the job is at home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Jump River
On a workday 124 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Jump River on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Jump River’s working residents head each day
Where Jump River 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 kinds of work in Jump River
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jump River, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 4. 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 Jump River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Jump River: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jump River workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 98 commuters (the 3% 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 commute from Jump River, by distance
About 33% 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.
Around Jump River: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jump River workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump River | – | — | — | 34 min | $42,500 |
| McKinley | 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Westboro | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Cleveland | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Hawkins | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Pershing | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. McKinley, Westboro, Hawkins and Pershing: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Cleveland: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to McKinley. Darker towns draw more of Jump River’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 Jump River: questions
What is the median household income in Jump River?
$42,500 (±$16,682) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jump River?
27.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jump River?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jump River work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medford (24%, 24 mi), Chelsea (4%, 20 mi), Ladysmith (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jump River without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jump River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jump River
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.