Most of Reserve commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Reserve itself; outside it, Hayward draws the most (40%, 12 miles). Employers in Reserve report 2 jobs, against 129 working residents. Home is the office for 6% of workers; Wisconsin 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 Reserve
On a workday 129 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Reserve 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 Reserve’s working residents head each day
Where Reserve clocks in
40% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reserve, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 2. 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 Reserve’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Reserve, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reserve workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 6% 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 Reserve’s workers travel
About 26% 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.
The towns next door employ 56% of Reserve
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reserve workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reserve | – | — | — | 23 min | $38,036 |
| Bass Lake | 16% | D− | C+ | 18 min | $56,071 |
| Sand Lake | under 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chief Lake | under 1% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| New Post | under 1% | — | — | 52 min | — |
| Radisson | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Hayward | 40% | C | B− | 18 min | $66,615 |
| Couderay | under 1% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sand Lake: not graded. Chief Lake and New Post: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Radisson and Couderay: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hayward. Darker towns draw more of Reserve’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 Reserve: questions
What is the median household income in Reserve?
$38,036 (±$14,108) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reserve?
27.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reserve?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reserve work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hayward (40%, 12 mi), Bass Lake (16%, 9 mi), Hayward (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Reserve without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reserve, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reserve
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.