Households in Lake Holcombe earn less than those in 69% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Lake Holcombe itself; outside it, Eau Claire draws the most (17%, 35 miles). Poverty touches 16.4% of residents (Wisconsin 10.6%). Lake Holcombe grades D for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Lake Holcombe apart
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Lake Holcombe
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Holcombe is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Lake Holcombe’s grade up ($62,772, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Lake Holcombe’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lake Holcombe could be anywhere from D− to C.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lake Holcombe
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.
Lake Holcombe quiets down on a workday
On a workday 350 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Lake Holcombe on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Lake Holcombe’s working residents head each day
Where Lake Holcombe clocks in
9% 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.
Inside Lake Holcombe’s 233 jobs
233 jobs are based in Lake Holcombe.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Holcombe, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 233. 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 Lake Holcombe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Lake Holcombe
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Holcombe workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 348 commuters (the 14% 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.
In Lake Holcombe, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Holcombe is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lake Holcombe near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 407 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.6% of Lake Holcombe households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Holcombe’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,547th of 3,133: where Lake Holcombe ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 2,545 | Point Marion PA | 1,094 | $60K | 25.2% | 1.8% | <1% | D |
| 2,546 | Chase Township MI | 1,256 | $62K | 17.7% | 9.1% | 1% | D |
| 2,547 | Lake Holcombe WI | 1,010 | $63K | 16.4% | 3.7% | 2% | D |
| 2,548 | Marmaduke AR | 1,254 | $51K | 23.7% | 0.9% | 8% | D |
| 2,549 | Mineral Springs AR | 1,036 | $52K | 16.1% | 3.4% | 6% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Lake Holcombe, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Lake Holcombe
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Holcombe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Holcombe | – | D | C− | 26 min | $62,772 |
| Birch Creek | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Estella | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Cleveland | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Ruby | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Birch Creek, Estella and Ruby: 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.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Holcombe’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 Lake Holcombe: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Holcombe?
$62,772 (±$6,206) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Holcombe?
16.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Holcombe?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Holcombe work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (17%, 35 mi), Chippewa Falls (9%, 26 mi), Bloomer (7%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Holcombe walkable?
Lake Holcombe is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Holcombe 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 Lake Holcombe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Holcombe
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.