Most of Lenroot commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 4% stay in Lenroot for work; outside it, Hayward is the main destination (26%, 8 miles). Employers in Lenroot report 188 jobs for 537 working residents. The two grades for Lenroot are C− 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
What sets Lenroot apart on work
Why Lenroot gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Lenroot is better than 22% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lenroot’s grade up (9.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Lenroot’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lenroot could be anywhere from D to B−.
Miles to work from Lenroot
About 32% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Lenroot
On a workday 517 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Lenroot on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
The towns that employ Lenroot’s residents
Where Lenroot clocks in
26% of workers
20% 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.
Jobs in Lenroot: what the 188 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lenroot, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 188. 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 Lenroot’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lenroot takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lenroot workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 488 commuters (the 13% 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 Lenroot, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lenroot is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lenroot 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 558 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). 2.2% of Lenroot households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lenroot’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Lenroot is 3,923rd among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,921 | Rockland Township PA | 1,215 | $53K | 7.1% | 2.4% | 1% | C− |
| 3,922 | Winter WI | 1,053 | $72K | 10.8% | 4.5% | 7% | C− |
| 3,923 | Lenroot WI | 1,395 | $64K | 9.5% | 4.8% | 4% | C− |
| 3,924 | Byron WI | 1,245 | $77K | 16.5% | 10.7% | 4% | C− |
| 3,925 | Lone Oak TN | 1,422 | $41K | 14.8% | 0.0% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Lenroot, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Lenroot’s workers
The biggest share goes to Hayward (20%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lenroot workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenroot | – | C− | C+ | 20 min | $64,250 |
| Hayward | 20% | C | B− | 18 min | $66,615 |
| Round Lake | 3% | C | B− | 25 min | $62,011 |
| Cable | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Barnes | under 2% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Spider Lake | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Frog Creek | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cable, Barnes, Spider Lake and Frog Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lenroot’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 Lenroot: questions
What is the median household income in Lenroot?
$64,250 (±$17,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lenroot?
9.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lenroot?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lenroot work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hayward (26%, 8 mi), Hayward (20%, 9 mi), Round Lake (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lenroot walkable?
Lenroot is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lenroot without a car?
1% 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 Lenroot, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lenroot
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.