Rising Star Flouring Mill · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0Work, pay and getting to work in Nelsonville
6% of workers work from home; Wisconsin has 13%. Only 1% work in Nelsonville itself; outside it, Stevens Point draws the most (26%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Nelsonville
On a workday 79 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Nelsonville on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 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 places Nelsonville commutes to
Where Nelsonville clocks in
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 65% of the jobs in Nelsonville
99 jobs are based in Nelsonville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nelsonville, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 99. 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 Nelsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes to work from Nelsonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nelsonville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 commuters (the 6% 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 Nelsonville goes to work
About 21% 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.
Nelsonville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nelsonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelsonville | – | — | — | 18 min | $58,542 |
| Amherst | under 3% | B | D | 29 min | $94,205 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nelsonville’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 Nelsonville: questions
What is the median household income in Nelsonville?
$58,542 (±$14,512) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nelsonville?
5.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nelsonville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nelsonville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stevens Point (26%, 12 mi), Plover (11%, 12 mi), Amherst (8%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nelsonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nelsonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nelsonville
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.