Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs, income and commuting in Mole Lake, WI
The average commute takes 12 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. About one in three work in Mole Lake; the top destination outside it is Nashville (32%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Mole Lake
On a workday 131 residents head out to work, 61 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Mole Lake on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Mole Lake’s workforce comes from
Where Mole Lake clocks in
32% 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.
Most jobs in Mole Lake are in services
298 jobs are based in Mole Lake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mole Lake, 2014 → 2024: 248 → 298. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mole Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 12 minutes each way for Mole Lake’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mole Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 0% 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.
Half of Mole Lake commutes less than 9 miles
About 16% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Mole Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Mole Lake?
$38,889 (±$9,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mole Lake?
29.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mole Lake?
12 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mole Lake work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashville (32%, 2 mi), Lincoln (22%, 7 mi), Crandon (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Mole Lake without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mole Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mole Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.