Photo: Travellers & Tinkers · CC BY-SA 4.0Oliver has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Oliver has 20 jobs; 191 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Oliver itself; outside it, Superior draws the most (34%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Oliver: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Oliver on a workday afternoon, 42% 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 people from Oliver work
Where Oliver clocks in
34% of workers
28% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Oliver
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oliver, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 20. 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 Oliver’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Oliver
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oliver workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 203 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.
Oliver’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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.
31% of Oliver works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Duluth (28%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Oliver’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 Oliver: questions
What is the median household income in Oliver?
$86,250 (±$17,101) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oliver?
6.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oliver?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oliver work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (34%, 6 mi), Duluth (28%, 9 mi), Superior (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oliver without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oliver, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oliver
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.