Photo: 1014cd · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Nichols works elsewhere
Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin. 42 jobs are based in Nichols, against 138 working residents. Only 1% work in Nichols; the top destination outside it is Appleton (11%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Nichols, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 136 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 190 people are in Nichols on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The places Nichols commutes to
Where Nichols clocks in
11% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Nichols works in goods: 36% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nichols, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 42. 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 Nichols’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Nichols
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nichols workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 145 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Nichols
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.
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 Nichols: questions
What is the median household income in Nichols?
$62,604 (±$13,807) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nichols?
13.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nichols?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nichols work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Appleton (11%, 20 mi), New London (7%, 18 mi), Grand Chute (7%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Nichols 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 Nichols, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nichols
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.