Most of Piehl commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 40% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin. Piehl has 1 jobs, against 35 working residents. Hardly any work in Piehl; the top destination outside it is Rhinelander (23%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Piehl
On a workday 35 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Piehl on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 Piehl’s working residents head each day
Where Piehl clocks in
23% 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.
In Piehl, 100% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Piehl, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 1. 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 Piehl’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Piehl’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Piehl workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 33 commuters (the 40% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Piehl
About 40% 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.
Around Piehl: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Three Lakes (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Piehl workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Piehl | – | — | — | 31 min | $56,118 |
| Monico | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Three Lakes | 9% | C− | D | 25 min | $70,250 |
| Stella | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hiles | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Monico, Stella and Hiles: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Piehl’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 Piehl: questions
What is the median household income in Piehl?
$56,118 (±$1,698) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Piehl?
3.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Piehl?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 40% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Piehl work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rhinelander (23%, 16 mi), Marshfield (9%, 87 mi), Three Lakes (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Piehl 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 Piehl, from the people who make the trip.
More of Piehl
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.