With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Nokomis works elsewhere
136 jobs are based in Nokomis for 693 working residents. Jobs and income earn Nokomis C+; getting around on foot earns it D−. Only 4% work in Nokomis itself; outside it, Tomahawk draws the most (16%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Nokomis, in a few figures
Nokomis and Tomahawk trade workers both ways
Tomahawk is the top workplace for Nokomis residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Nokomis come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nokomis is a place people come home to
There are 136 jobs based in Nokomis, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nokomis has about 870 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 693 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Nokomis gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Nokomis is better than 43% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Nokomis’ grade up ($91,352, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Nokomis’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nokomis could be anywhere from C to B.
Commuting out of Nokomis: the destinations
Where Nokomis clocks in
16% 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 and out of Nokomis on a workday
On a workday 662 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Nokomis on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
How many miles Nokomis commutes
About 31% 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.
The kinds of work in Nokomis
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nokomis, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 136. 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 Nokomis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Nokomis
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nokomis workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 627 commuters (the 10% 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.
In Nokomis, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 699 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.3% of Nokomis households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nokomis’ commuters take a bus or train.
2,477th of 5,877: where Nokomis ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,475 | Sycamore Township OH | 1,441 | $64K | 5.4% | 7.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,476 | Southwest Madison Township PA | 1,049 | $93K | 8.4% | 0.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,477 | Nokomis WI | 1,425 | $91K | 8.4% | 1.1% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,478 | Rosanky TX | 1,695 | $108K | 31.3% | 1.5% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,479 | Adrian MN | 1,219 | $73K | 7.7% | 1.3% | 16% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Nokomis, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Nokomis
The biggest share goes to Bradley (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nokomis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nokomis | – | C+ | D− | 26 min | $91,352 |
| Bradley | 8% | C+ | D | 27 min | $76,193 |
| Cassian | under 2% | C | D | 33 min | $79,750 |
| Woodboro | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Little Rice | under 2% | — | — | 45 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodboro and Little Rice: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nokomis’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 Nokomis: questions
What is the median household income in Nokomis?
$91,352 (±$5,514) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nokomis?
8.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nokomis?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nokomis work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tomahawk (16%, 9 mi), Rhinelander (13%, 15 mi), Bradley (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nokomis walkable?
Nokomis is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nokomis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nokomis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nokomis
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.