Murry has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
1% of workers have no commute at all (Wisconsin 13%). Employers in Murry report 27 jobs for 100 working residents. Only 2% work in Murry; the top destination outside it is Rice Lake (11%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Murry by day
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Murry 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 Murry goes to work
Where Murry clocks in
6% 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.
Murry works in goods: 81% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Murry, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 27. 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 Murry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Murry
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Murry workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 commuters (the 1% 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 many miles Murry commutes
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.
Next door to Murry
The biggest share goes to Wilson (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Murry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murry | – | — | — | 32 min | $58,750 |
| Hubbard | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Atlanta | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Wilson | 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Meteor | under 2% | — | — | 47 min | — |
| Weirgor | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hubbard and Wilson: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Atlanta, Meteor and Weirgor: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Murry’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 Murry: questions
What is the median household income in Murry?
$58,750 (±$19,551) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Murry?
17.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Murry?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Murry work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rice Lake (11%, 23 mi), Ladysmith (8%, 14 mi), Chetek (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Murry 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 Murry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Murry
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.