Sand Pillow at work: jobs, income and the commute
Working residents average 8 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). 0% of workers work from home; Wisconsin has 13%. Hardly any work in Sand Pillow itself; outside it, Brockway draws the most (32%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Sand Pillow
On a workday 76 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Sand Pillow on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Sand Pillow’s working residents head each day
Where Sand Pillow clocks in
4% 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.
From Sand Pillow, about 8 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sand Pillow workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 53 commuters (the 0% 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.
Sand Pillow’s commute, mile by mile
About 31% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Sand Pillow: questions
What is the median household income in Sand Pillow?
$35,625 (±$9,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sand Pillow?
26.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sand Pillow?
8 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sand Pillow work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brockway (32%, 3 mi), Black River Falls (14%, 4 mi), La Crosse (4%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sand Pillow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sand Pillow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sand Pillow
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.