Owen High School · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0Where Owen earns its living
4% of workers work from home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. About one in seven work in Owen; the top destination outside it is Abbotsford (9%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Owen in brief
Owen is the work center of its corner
Every town that borders Owen (Hoard, Longwood, Hixon and Green Grove) has fewer jobs than working residents, while Owen has 1.6 per resident. Next door ↓
Owen makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Owen are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Owen residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
Few Owen workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 282 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Owen
458 jobs are based in Owen.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Owen, 2013 → 2023: 280 → 458. 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 Owen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Owen workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 4% 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 a workday changes Owen
On a workday 248 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 424 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Owen on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 towns that send workers to Owen
Where Owen clocks in
9% 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.
Half of Owen commutes less than 15 miles
About 23% 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.
Work in the towns next to Owen
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Owen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen | – | — | — | 18 min | $61,250 |
| Hoard | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Longwood | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Hixon | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Green Grove | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hoard, Longwood, Hixon and Green Grove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Owen’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 Owen: questions
What is the median household income in Owen?
$61,250 (±$8,211) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Owen?
12.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Owen?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Owen work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Abbotsford (9%, 12 mi), Curtiss (6%, 6 mi), Medford (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Owen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Owen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Owen
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.