Most of Roosevelt commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 38 jobs in Roosevelt, and 89 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 3% of workers, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Roosevelt, and who commutes in
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Roosevelt on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
10% of working residents work in Spooner
Where Roosevelt clocks in
Lines 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.
Roosevelt works in goods: 79% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roosevelt, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 38. 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 Roosevelt’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes to work from Roosevelt
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roosevelt workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 3% 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.
The distance from Roosevelt to work
About 35% 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.
Roosevelt and its neighbors: 10% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roosevelt workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt | – | — | — | 29 min | $91,458 |
| Dewey | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Barronett | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Lorain | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Maple Plain | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| La Follette | 10% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dewey, Barronett, Lorain, Maple Plain and La Follette: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to La Follette. Darker towns draw more of Roosevelt’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 Roosevelt: questions
What is the median household income in Roosevelt?
$91,458 (±$9,245) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roosevelt?
4.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roosevelt?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roosevelt work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spooner (10%, 14 mi), La Follette (10%, 10 mi), Shell Lake (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roosevelt without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roosevelt, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roosevelt
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.