Parkland has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. Parkland has 22 jobs; 542 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Parkland is better than 66% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Parkland: the figures worth knowing
Parkland and Superior trade workers both ways
Superior is the top workplace for Parkland residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Parkland come from (55% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Parkland is a place people come home to
There are 22 jobs based in Parkland, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Parkland has about 710 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many Parkland workers cross into Minnesota
43% of Parkland workers work outside Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Duluth (29%), Cloquet (2%) and Hermantown (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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 542 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Parkland’s grade explained
Household income holds Parkland’s grade up ($94,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Parkland’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Parkland could be anywhere from C+ to A.
36% of working residents work in Superior
Where Parkland clocks in
36% of workers
29% 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.
Who works in Parkland, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 542 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Parkland 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Parkland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parkland, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 22. 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 Parkland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Parkland: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parkland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 629 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 far Parkland’s workers travel
About 22% 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 commute in Parkland is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 658 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 12% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Parkland households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Parkland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Parkland is 973rd of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 971 | Brookfield Township MI | 1,472 | $87K | 7.3% | 2.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 972 | Turtle Lake Township MN | 1,258 | $120K | 5.4% | 0.5% | <1% | B+ |
| 973 | Parkland WI | 1,228 | $95K | 7.7% | 2.5% | 0% | B+ |
| 974 | Golden Valley NV | 1,139 | $93K | 10.2% | 12.5% | <1% | B+ |
| 975 | Shafer MN | 1,212 | $99K | 7.5% | 2.3% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Parkland, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bordering towns draw 40% of Parkland’s workers
The biggest share goes to Superior (36%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Parkland’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 Parkland: questions
What is the median household income in Parkland?
$94,500 (±$22,009) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parkland?
7.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parkland?
37 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parkland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Superior (36%, 6 mi), Duluth (29%, 12 mi), Superior (3%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Parkland walkable?
Parkland is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parkland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parkland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parkland
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.