Most of Powers Lake commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Powers Lake for work; outside it, Kenosha is the main destination (6%, 22 miles). Powers Lake has 34 jobs, and 677 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 40% of workers (Wisconsin 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Powers Lake in brief
Powers Lake is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Powers Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Powers Lake has about 640 people in it, 50% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Powers Lake
40% of Powers Lake workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Powers Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 677 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Powers Lake: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 676 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 640 people are in Powers Lake 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.
Getting to work from Powers Lake takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Powers Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 412 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.
Where Powers Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Powers Lake clocks in
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Powers Lake
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Powers Lake, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 34. 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 Powers Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Powers Lake
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 to Powers Lake
The biggest share goes to Twin Lakes (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Powers Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Powers Lake | – | — | — | 31 min | $83,750 |
| Twin Lakes | 5% | B+ | C | 29 min | $86,222 |
| Bloomfield | under 3% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $98,068 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Powers Lake’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 Powers Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Powers Lake?
$83,750 (±$37,459) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Powers Lake?
3.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Powers Lake?
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 Powers Lake work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kenosha (6%, 22 mi), Lake Geneva (5%, 7 mi), Burlington (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Powers Lake without a car?
2% 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 Powers Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Powers Lake
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.