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Jobs & commute in Mindoro

Jobs and earnings in Mindoro, and the trip to work

A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. Hardly any stay in Mindoro for work; outside it, La Crosse is the main destination (30%, 15 miles). Employers in Mindoro report 109 jobs, and 143 of its residents work somewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Mindoro

On a workday 143 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.

143live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
109work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night230
Workday190
230live here− 140head out to work+ 110come in to work= 190on a workday

About 190 people are in Mindoro on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.76jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 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.

The commute map

Where Mindoro’s working residents head each day

CaledoniaBangor: 5 residents work here (3%)West Salem: 16 residents work here (11%)Tomah: 2 residents work here (1%)Holmen: 2 residents work here (1%)Sparta: 8 residents work here (6%)Onalaska: 18 residents work here (13%)La Crosse: 43 residents work here (30%)FarmingtonBurnsOnalaska: 6 residents work here (4%)HamiltonMelrose: 3 residents work here (2%)Bangor: 7 residents work here (5%)MindoroLa CrosseOnalaskaWest SalemSpartaBangorOnalaskaMindoro
1
La Crosse14.8 mi away
30%43
2
Onalaska10.3 mi away
13%18
3
West Salem8.4 mi away
11%16
4
Sparta15.5 mi away
6%8
5
Bangor13.2 mi away
5%7
6
Onalaska5.4 mi away
4%6
7
Bangor10.3 mi away
3%5
8
Melrose8.1 mi away
2%3
9
Tomah29.9 mi away
1%2
10
Holmen8.8 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
23%33
The top trips

Where Mindoro clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Goods, not services: 54% of the jobs in Mindoro

Jobs based in MindoroJobs Mindoro residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms54%29%
Trade, transport & utilities2%15%
Services: health, schools, offices44%56%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less9%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%27%
Over $3,333 a month74%61%

Who does it

29 or younger20%20%
30 to 5448%53%
55 and older32%27%
+419%

Jobs based in Mindoro, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 109. 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 Mindoro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Getting to work from Mindoro takes about 26 minutes

A year of commuting
198 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mindoro26 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
9%

of Mindoro workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Mindoro gets to work
89%Drive alone
10%Carpool
1%Walk

Share of the 118 commuters (the 9% 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Mindoro

10 mi25 mi35 miLa Crosse: 30% · 14.8 miOnalaska: 13% · 10.3 miWest Salem: 11% · 8.4 miSparta: 6% · 15.5 miBangor: 5% · 13.2 miOnalaska: 4% · 5.4 miBangor: 3% · 10.3 miMelrose: 2% · 8.1 miTomah: 1% · 29.9 miHolmen: 1% · 8.8 miLa Crosse 30%Onalaska 13%West Salem 11%Sparta 6%Bangor 5%Mindoro
MindoroTop destinations (size = commuters)
19%Under 10 mi27 residents
64%10–24 mi91 residents
3%25–50 mi4 residents
15%Over 50 mi21 residents

About 15% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mindoro: questions

What is the median household income in Mindoro?

$66,563 (±$30,720) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Mindoro?

19.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Mindoro?

26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Mindoro work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are La Crosse (30%, 15 mi), Onalaska (13%, 10 mi), West Salem (11%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Mindoro without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Mindoro, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Mindoro

Mindoro home →

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.