La Follette draws 500 commuters a day, with 2.7 jobs for every working resident
About one in five work in La Follette; the top destination outside it is Webster (7%, 10 miles). La Follette has 537 jobs, against 197 working residents. 5% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves La Follette for work, and who comes in
On a workday 160 residents head out to work and 37 work right here.
About 910 people are in La Follette on a workday afternoon, 59% more 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 La Follette’s workforce comes from
Where La Follette clocks in
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Follette, 2013 → 2023: 538 → 537. 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 La Follette’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from La Follette takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Follette workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 227 commuters (the 5% 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 La Follette, by distance
About 22% 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.
La Follette and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Siren (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Follette workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Follette | – | — | — | 33 min | $71,346 |
| Siren | 2% | D | B+ | 29 min | $63,438 |
| Lorain | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Sand Lake | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Dewey | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Clam Falls | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Roosevelt | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lorain, Sand Lake, Dewey, Clam Falls and Roosevelt: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of La Follette’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 La Follette: questions
What is the median household income in La Follette?
$71,346 (±$11,848) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Follette?
7.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Follette?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Follette work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Webster (7%, 10 mi), Turtle Lake (6%, 27 mi), Siren (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around La Follette without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Follette, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Follette
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.