Most of New Post commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in New Post itself; outside it, Hayward draws the most (30%, 11 miles). New Post has 7 jobs for 125 working residents. 25% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes New Post
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in New Post on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 New Post’s working residents head each day
Where New Post clocks in
30% of workers
13% 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.
In New Post, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Post, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 7. 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 New Post’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from New Post: about 52 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Post workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 25% 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 New Post commutes less than 15 miles
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 New Post
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Post workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Post | – | — | — | 52 min | $50,000 |
| Radisson | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Reserve | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Ojibwa | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Chief Lake | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Couderay | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Radisson, Ojibwa and Couderay: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Reserve and Chief Lake: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Post’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 New Post: questions
What is the median household income in New Post?
$50,000 (±$15,757) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Post?
11.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Post?
52 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Post work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hayward (30%, 11 mi), Hayward (13%, 15 mi), Bass Lake (13%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Post without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Post, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Post
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.