Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0At 10.0%, unemployment in Menominee is higher than in 94% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Menominee is behind 70% of U.S. towns. The two grades for Menominee are D for jobs and income and C for walkability. About two in five work in Menominee; the top destination outside it is Shawano (6%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Menominee, in brief
Fewer than half of Menominee workers earn over $40,000 a year
38% of Menominee’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Menominee
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Menominee is better than 7% of U.S. towns, #356 of 362 in Wisconsin. Household income holds Menominee’s grade up ($62,108, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Menominee could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Inside Menominee’s 1,697 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Menominee, 2013 → 2023: 1,740 → 1,697. 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 Menominee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Menominee
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.
A workday in Menominee: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 718 residents head out to work, 586 work right here, and 1,111 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 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.
Commuting out of Menominee: the destinations
Where Menominee clocks in
6% of workers
3% 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.
About 22 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Menominee workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,236 commuters (the 12% 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.
Menominee is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Menominee is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #263 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,409 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). 5.0% of Menominee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Menominee’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Menominee compares with U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,920 | Bowling Green MO | 4,472 | $53K | 25.8% | 6.3% | 21% | D |
| 3,921 | L'Anse Township MI | 3,634 | $55K | 15.9% | 6.5% | 31% | D |
| 3,922 | Menominee WI | 4,199 | $62K | 21.7% | 10.0% | 45% | D |
| 3,923 | Brockway WI | 2,991 | $50K | 19.3% | 8.6% | 15% | D |
| 3,924 | Summit AZ | 4,896 | $47K | 31.8% | 22.3% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,195 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Menominee, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Menominee: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Bartelme (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Menominee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Menominee | – | D | C | 22 min | $62,108 |
| Red Springs | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Bartelme | 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Wescott | under 2% | C− | C− | 22 min | $72,738 |
| Underhill | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Norwood | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Polar | under 2% | C+ | C | 24 min | $76,458 |
| Richmond | under 2% | B+ | B | 17 min | $85,636 |
| Evergreen | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Hutchins | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Red Springs, Bartelme, Underhill, Norwood and Hutchins: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Evergreen: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Menominee’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 Menominee: questions
What is the median household income in Menominee?
$62,108 (±$8,327) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Menominee?
21.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Menominee?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Menominee work?
45% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Shawano (6%, 16 mi), Green Bay (3%, 47 mi), Bartelme (3%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Menominee walkable?
Menominee is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Menominee without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Menominee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Menominee
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.