With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Larrabee works elsewhere
Larrabee grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. There are 123 jobs in Larrabee, against 657 working residents. The average commute, 22 minutes each way, matches the Wisconsin norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Larrabee and work: the main findings
Larrabee and Clintonville trade workers both ways
Clintonville is the top workplace for Larrabee residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Larrabee come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Larrabee is a place people come home to
There are 123 jobs based in Larrabee, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Larrabee has about 720 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 657 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Larrabee
On income, poverty and job access, Larrabee is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Larrabee’s grade up ($80,515, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Larrabee’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, Larrabee could be anywhere from C− to B.
24% of working residents work in Clintonville
Where Larrabee clocks in
24% of workers
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.
In and out of Larrabee on a workday
On a workday 652 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Larrabee on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Larrabee works in goods: 55% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Larrabee, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 123. 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 Larrabee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Larrabee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Larrabee workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 504 commuters (the 8% 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 Larrabee commutes less than 19 miles
About 20% 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.
In Larrabee, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Larrabee is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 548 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). 2.4% of Larrabee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Larrabee’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,491st of 4,866: where Larrabee ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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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| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,489 | Oneco Township IL | 1,239 | $70K | 11.1% | 8.6% | 5% | C |
| 2,490 | Owen Township IN | 1,630 | $75K | 8.0% | 1.1% | 1% | C |
| 2,491 | Larrabee WI | 1,251 | $81K | 14.4% | 2.3% | 1% | C |
| 2,492 | Ruhenstroth NV | 1,682 | $105K | 14.1% | 0.4% | 1% | C |
| 2,493 | Whitehorn Cove OK | 1,223 | $68K | 7.0% | 1.1% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Larrabee, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
24% of Larrabee works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Larrabee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larrabee | – | C | C+ | 22 min | $80,515 |
| Clintonville | 24% | C | B+ | 19 min | $53,304 |
| Matteson | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Pella | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Dupont | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Bear Creek | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Matteson, Pella, Dupont and Bear Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Clintonville. Darker towns draw more of Larrabee’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 Larrabee: questions
What is the median household income in Larrabee?
$80,515 (±$10,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Larrabee?
14.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Larrabee?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Larrabee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clintonville (24%, 3 mi), Marion (7%, 6 mi), Shawano (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Larrabee walkable?
Larrabee is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Larrabee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Larrabee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Larrabee
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.