Most of Mitchell commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
238 jobs are based in Mitchell for 613 working residents. Mitchell grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 4% work in Mitchell; the top destination outside it is Sheboygan (8%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Mitchell, in brief
Why Mitchell gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Mitchell is better than 80% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Mitchell’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Mitchell’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, Mitchell could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Getting to work from Mitchell takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mitchell workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 537 commuters (the 18% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Mitchell
On a workday 588 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere.
About 920 people are in Mitchell on a workday afternoon, 29% 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 Mitchell’s working residents head each day
Where Mitchell clocks in
8% of workers
8% 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.
65% of the jobs in Mitchell pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mitchell, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 238. 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 Mitchell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Mitchell to work
About 17% 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.
Few in Mitchell walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mitchell is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 2.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 656 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). 0.8% of Mitchell households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mitchell’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mitchell next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 470th of 4,866 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
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| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 468 | Ellsworth WI | 1,136 | $121K | 3.1% | 0.4% | 3% | A− |
| 469 | Milford WI | 1,108 | $88K | 4.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 470 | Mitchell WI | 1,293 | $97K | 2.7% | 7.2% | 4% | A− |
| 471 | Huff Township IN | 1,046 | $128K | 1.1% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 472 | Johnson Township IN | 1,244 | $114K | 1.5% | 2.3% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Mitchell, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Mitchell
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mitchell workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell | – | A− | D | 30 min | $97,212 |
| Osceola | under 3% | B+ | C− | 33 min | $102,500 |
| Lyndon | under 3% | A− | C | 24 min | $93,000 |
| Greenbush | under 3% | A− | D | 26 min | $87,031 |
| Scott | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $91,683 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mitchell’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 Mitchell: questions
What is the median household income in Mitchell?
$97,212 (±$10,008) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mitchell?
2.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mitchell?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mitchell work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sheboygan (8%, 19 mi), Plymouth (8%, 9 mi), Milwaukee (5%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mitchell walkable?
Mitchell is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mitchell without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mitchell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mitchell
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.