Lind has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Employers in Lind report 129 jobs; 749 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Lind B−; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lind and work: the main findings
Lind is a place people come home to
There are 129 jobs based in Lind, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lind has about 930 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lind and Waupaca trade workers both ways
Waupaca is the top workplace for Lind residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Lind come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 749 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Lind’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Lind is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lind’s grade up (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Lind’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, Lind could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Lind
On a workday 742 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Lind on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
25% of working residents work in Waupaca
Where Lind clocks in
25% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Goods jobs make up 62% of work in Lind
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lind, 2013 → 2023: 266 → 129. 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 Lind’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Lind
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lind workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 699 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Lind
About 23% 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 commute in Lind is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lind is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 739 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). 2.0% of Lind households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lind’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,929th of 5,794: where Lind ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,927 | Union Township OH | 1,947 | $67K | 1.5% | 3.2% | <1% | B− |
| 1,928 | Berlin Township OH | 1,954 | $75K | 11.0% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,929 | Lind WI | 1,550 | $79K | 5.6% | 2.7% | 1% | B− |
| 1,930 | Mount Pulaski IL | 1,499 | $66K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 14% | B− |
| 1,931 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Lind, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bordering towns draw 27% of Lind’s workers
The biggest share goes to Waupaca (25%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lind workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lind | – | B− | C+ | 22 min | $78,636 |
| Waupaca | 25% | C | B− | 28 min | $52,727 |
| Weyauwega | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Dayton | 2% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $91,645 |
| Waupaca | under 3% | B | D | 22 min | $82,188 |
| Saxeville | under 3% | C+ | C− | 41 min | $71,806 |
| Fremont | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Bloomfield | under 3% | B | D | 25 min | $83,056 |
Same-state neighbors only. Weyauwega and Fremont: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lind’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 Lind: questions
What is the median household income in Lind?
$78,636 (±$8,968) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lind?
5.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lind?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lind work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waupaca (25%, 5 mi), Farmington (5%, 9 mi), Appleton (4%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lind walkable?
Lind is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lind 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 Lind, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lind
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.