Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Long Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
31 jobs are based in Long Lake, and 88 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Long Lake; the top destination outside it is Iron Mountain (30%, 26 miles). Working from home is the commute for 27% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Long Lake by day
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Long Lake on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 people from Long Lake work
Where Long Lake clocks in
30% of workers
7% 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 Long Lake, 52% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Long Lake, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 31. 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 Long Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Long Lake spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Long Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 27% 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 Long Lake’s workers travel
About 30% 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.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Long Lake’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Long Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Lake | – | — | — | 25 min | $46,042 |
| Fence | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Popple River | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Florence | 15% | C− | C− | 18 min | $58,832 |
| Tipler | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fence, Popple River and Tipler: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Florence. Darker towns draw more of Long Lake’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 2% of Long Lake workers work outside Wisconsin. The job records count 47% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Long Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Long Lake?
$46,042 (±$26,434) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Long Lake?
18.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Long Lake?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Long Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Iron Mountain (30%, 26 mi), Florence (15%, 12 mi), Kingsford (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Long Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Long Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Long Lake
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.