Loyal has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
There are 95 jobs in Loyal; 232 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Loyal for work; outside it, Loyal is the main destination (13%, 1 miles). 24% of workers work from home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Loyal
How long Loyal spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loyal workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 230 commuters (the 24% 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.
Who leaves Loyal for work, and who comes in
On a workday 228 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Loyal on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 Loyal work
Where Loyal clocks in
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.
A place that makes things: 62% of Loyal’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loyal, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 95. 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 Loyal’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Loyal
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.
The towns around Loyal
The biggest share goes to Eaton (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loyal workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loyal | – | — | — | 21 min | $93,523 |
| Eaton | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| York | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Beaver | 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sherman | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eaton, York and Sherman: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Beaver: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loyal’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 Loyal: questions
What is the median household income in Loyal?
$93,523 (±$14,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loyal?
5.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loyal?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loyal work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Loyal (13%, 1 mi), Neillsville (6%, 12 mi), Abbotsford (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Loyal without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loyal, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loyal
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.