Lake Ivanhoe has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Lake Ivanhoe report 76 jobs, against 188 working residents. Only 1% work in Lake Ivanhoe; the top destination outside it is Lake Geneva (12%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lake Ivanhoe by day and by night
On a workday 186 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Lake Ivanhoe on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 people from Lake Ivanhoe work
Where Lake Ivanhoe clocks in
8% 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.
Most jobs in Lake Ivanhoe are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Ivanhoe, 2013 → 2023: 74 → 76. 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 Ivanhoe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Ivanhoe workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 328 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Lake Ivanhoe commutes less than 16 miles
About 19% 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.
Next door to Lake Ivanhoe
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Ivanhoe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Ivanhoe | – | — | — | 24 min | $71,250 |
| Bloomfield | under 4% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $98,068 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Ivanhoe’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 Ivanhoe: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Ivanhoe?
$71,250 (±$25,819) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Ivanhoe?
5.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Ivanhoe?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Ivanhoe work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Geneva (12%, 4 mi), Madison (8%, 65 mi), Elkhorn (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lake Ivanhoe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Ivanhoe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Ivanhoe
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.