Pilsen has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
13 jobs are based in Pilsen; 97 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Pilsen for work; outside it, Ashland is the main destination (33%, 14 miles). Home is the office for 2% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pilsen on a workday afternoon
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Pilsen on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 Pilsen goes to work
Where Pilsen clocks in
33% of workers
7% 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 Pilsen are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pilsen, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 13. 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 Pilsen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes each way for Pilsen’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pilsen workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 2% 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 Pilsen goes to work
About 24% 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.
How Pilsen compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Eileen (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pilsen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pilsen | – | — | — | 36 min | $93,333 |
| Keystone | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Barksdale | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Eileen | 8% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Iron River | under 3% | C− | B | 29 min | $57,685 |
Same-state neighbors only. Keystone, Barksdale and Eileen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pilsen’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 Pilsen: questions
What is the median household income in Pilsen?
$93,333 (±$18,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pilsen?
4.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pilsen?
36 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pilsen work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ashland (33%, 14 mi), Eileen (8%, 9 mi), Duluth (7%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pilsen 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 Pilsen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pilsen
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.