Making a living in Levis
Levis has 239 jobs, and 169 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% work in Levis itself; outside it, Neillsville draws the most (21%, 6 miles). The average commute takes 23 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Levis
On a workday 161 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 231 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Levis on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).
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 places Levis commutes to
Where Levis clocks in
Lines 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 Levis
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Levis, 2013 → 2023: 245 → 239. 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 Levis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Levis workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 186 commuters (the 11% 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.
How far Levis goes to work
About 28% 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 Levis
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Levis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Levis | – | — | — | 23 min | $46,125 |
| Dewhurst | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Pine Valley | under 2% | B | B− | 18 min | $87,171 |
| Washburn | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Komensky | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dewhurst and Komensky: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Washburn: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Levis’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 Levis: questions
What is the median household income in Levis?
$46,125 (±$2,032) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Levis?
17.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Levis?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Levis work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Neillsville (21%, 6 mi), Eau Claire (8%, 48 mi), Black River Falls (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Levis 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 Levis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Levis
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.