Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Little River has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% work in Little River itself; outside it, Oconto draws the most (20%, 5 miles). There are 50 jobs in Little River; 490 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Little River are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Little River, in a few figures
Little River is a place people come home to
There are 50 jobs based in Little River, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Little River has about 690 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Little River and Oconto trade workers both ways
Oconto is the top workplace for Little River residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Little River come from (28% 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 490 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Little River’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Little River is better than 76% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Little River’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.8%) is left out: Little River’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, Little River could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
Who commutes out of Little River, and who commutes in
On a workday 484 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Little River on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where the trip to work from Little River ends
Where Little River clocks in
20% of workers
11% 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 Little River, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Little River, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 50. 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 Little River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Little River
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Little River workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 467 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where in the region Little River works
About 25% 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.
Most of Little River commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Little River is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.3% 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 519 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). 1.7% of Little River households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Little River’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Little River is 433rd 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 431 | Kalida OH | 1,481 | $88K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 15% | A− |
| 432 | Clinton OH | 1,195 | $77K | 5.6% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| 433 | Little River WI | 1,126 | $92K | 1.8% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| 434 | Bingham Farms MI | 1,071 | $245K | 26.4% | 0.9% | 4% | A− |
| 435 | Cleveland WI | 1,487 | $101K | 3.4% | 1.3% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Little River, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bordering towns draw 22% of Little River’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Little River workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little River | – | A− | B | 25 min | $92,292 |
| Grover | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $71,767 |
| Lena | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Oconto | under 3% | B | C+ | 33 min | $93,125 |
| Peshtigo | under 3% | B+ | C− | 17 min | $81,378 |
| Oconto | 20% | B− | C+ | 24 min | $61,506 |
| Pound | under 3% | B− | D | 27 min | $84,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lena: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Oconto. Darker towns draw more of Little River’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 Little River: questions
What is the median household income in Little River?
$92,292 (±$14,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Little River?
1.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Little River?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Little River work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oconto (20%, 5 mi), Green Bay (11%, 31 mi), Lena (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Little River walkable?
Little River is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Little River 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 Little River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Little River
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.