Photo: RobBarros · CC BY-SA 3.0Lake Nebagamon has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
70 jobs are based in Lake Nebagamon for 455 working residents. Jobs and income earn Lake Nebagamon B; getting around on foot earns it C+. Only 2% stay in Lake Nebagamon for work; outside it, Superior is the main destination (27%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Lake Nebagamon
Lake Nebagamon is a place people come home to
There are 70 jobs based in Lake Nebagamon, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Nebagamon has about 750 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lake Nebagamon workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 39 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 299 hours of commuting, 130 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Lake Nebagamon’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lake Nebagamon is Superior, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (124) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 455 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Lake Nebagamon’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Nebagamon is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lake Nebagamon’s grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (1.7%) is left out: Lake Nebagamon’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 Nebagamon could be anywhere from C to B+.
Lake Nebagamon quiets down on a workday
On a workday 448 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Lake Nebagamon on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting from Lake Nebagamon: about 39 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Nebagamon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 422 commuters (the 9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lake Nebagamon
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Out of Lake Nebagamon to work: where people go
Where Lake Nebagamon clocks in
27% of workers
17% 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 Lake Nebagamon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Nebagamon, 2014 → 2024: 99 → 70. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Nebagamon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Lake Nebagamon, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Nebagamon is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 463 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Lake Nebagamon households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Nebagamon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Lake Nebagamon is 1,030th among 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,028 | Eau Galle WI | 1,256 | $91K | 11.0% | 0.5% | <1% | B |
| 1,029 | Gun Club Estates FL | 1,050 | $82K | 18.9% | 17.6% | 0% | B |
| 1,030 | Lake Nebagamon WI | 1,134 | $79K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,031 | Jackson Township IN | 1,180 | $61K | 4.8% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,032 | Township 5 NE | 1,228 | $90K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Nebagamon, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Lake Nebagamon
The biggest share goes to Maple (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Nebagamon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Nebagamon | – | B | C+ | 39 min | $79,250 |
| Highland | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Hawthorne | 2% | B+ | C− | 35 min | $101,875 |
| Bennett | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Brule | 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Maple | 5% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Highland, Bennett, Brule and Maple: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Nebagamon’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 2024, 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 Nebagamon: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Nebagamon?
$79,250 (±$25,863) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Nebagamon?
3.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Nebagamon?
39 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Nebagamon work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (27%, 22 mi), Duluth (17%, 28 mi), Maple (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Lake Nebagamon walkable?
Lake Nebagamon is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Nebagamon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Nebagamon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Nebagamon
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.