Plummer Mine Headframe · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Pence has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 1% work in Pence itself; outside it, Hurley draws the most (31%, 7 miles). 7 jobs are based in Pence for 84 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Pence
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 76 people are in Pence on a workday afternoon, 50% 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 Pence goes to work
Where Pence clocks in
31% of workers
19% of workers
5% 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.
Most jobs in Pence are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pence, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 7. 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 Pence’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pence workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 81 commuters (the 0% 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.
Pence’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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 Pence
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pence workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pence | – | — | — | 21 min | $62,083 |
| Carey | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Knight | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Montreal | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Kimball | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Iron Belt | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Carey, Knight, Montreal and Kimball: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Iron Belt: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pence’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 12% of Pence workers work outside Wisconsin. The job records count 29% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Pence: questions
What is the median household income in Pence?
$62,083 (±$23,049) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pence?
7.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pence?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pence work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hurley (31%, 7 mi), Ironwood (19%, 9 mi), Superior (5%, 89 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pence without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pence, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pence
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.