With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Peeksville works elsewhere
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). 3 jobs are based in Peeksville for 52 working residents. Hardly any stay in Peeksville for work; outside it, Park Falls is the main destination (23%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Peeksville, and who commutes in
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 89 people are in Peeksville on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting out of Peeksville: the destinations
Where Peeksville clocks in
23% of workers
6% 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.
Peeksville is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peeksville, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 3. 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 Peeksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Peeksville: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peeksville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 55 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.
Where in the region Peeksville works
About 37% 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.
Next door is work for 15% of Peeksville
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peeksville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peeksville | – | — | — | 24 min | $56,250 |
| Jacobs | 15% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Agenda | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Glidden | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chippewa | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jacobs, Agenda and Chippewa: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Glidden: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jacobs. Darker towns draw more of Peeksville’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 Peeksville: questions
What is the median household income in Peeksville?
$56,250 (±$14,242) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peeksville?
8.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peeksville?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peeksville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park Falls (23%, 12 mi), Jacobs (15%, 4 mi), Butternut (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peeksville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peeksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peeksville
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.