Naples has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working residents average 27 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. Naples has 39 jobs; 347 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Naples; the top destination outside it is Mondovi (19%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Naples in brief
Naples is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Naples, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Naples has about 410 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Naples workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 347 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Naples on a workday afternoon
On a workday 344 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Naples on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Naples
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Naples workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 commuters (the 13% 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.
Where Naples goes to work
Where Naples 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.
72% of the jobs in Naples make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Naples, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 39. 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 Naples’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Naples to work
About 25% 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.
22% of Naples works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Naples workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naples | – | — | — | 27 min | $97,000 |
| Mondovi | 19% | C | B+ | 24 min | $54,355 |
| Albion | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Mondovi | 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Drammen | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Dover | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Albion, Mondovi and Dover: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Drammen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mondovi. Darker towns draw more of Naples’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 Naples: questions
What is the median household income in Naples?
$97,000 (±$11,617) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Naples?
4.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Naples?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Naples work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mondovi (19%, 5 mi), Eau Claire (16%, 19 mi), Whitehall (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Naples 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 Naples, from the people who make the trip.
More of Naples
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.