With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Sigel works elsewhere
Sigel has 116 jobs for 471 working residents. Jobs and income earn Sigel C; getting around on foot earns it C. The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Sigel apart
Sigel and Wisconsin Rapids trade workers both ways
Wisconsin Rapids is the top workplace for Sigel residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Sigel come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sigel is a place people come home to
There are 116 jobs based in Sigel, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sigel has about 660 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 471 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Sigel’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Sigel is better than 32% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Sigel’s grade up (10.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 27% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.4%) is left out: Sigel’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sigel could be anywhere from C− to B−.
24% of working residents work in Wisconsin Rapids
Where Sigel 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.
Who works in Sigel, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 466 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Sigel on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
What Sigel’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sigel, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 116. 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 Sigel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Sigel spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sigel workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 511 commuters (the 9% 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 Sigel’s workers travel
About 28% 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.
For most of Sigel, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sigel is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 560 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Sigel households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sigel’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sigel places 1,652nd of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,650 | Rice Township OH | 1,237 | $72K | 17.0% | 4.4% | 1% | C |
| 1,651 | Bloomer WI | 1,085 | $79K | 14.4% | 5.4% | 3% | C |
| 1,652 | Sigel WI | 1,017 | $68K | 10.5% | 2.4% | 1% | C |
| 1,653 | Bloomfield KY | 1,011 | $55K | 10.9% | 3.8% | 2% | C |
| 1,654 | Willards MD | 1,018 | $75K | 22.1% | 11.0% | 1% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sigel, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door is work for 24% of Sigel
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sigel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigel | – | C | C | 24 min | $67,963 |
| Sherry | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Rudolph | under 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $89,464 |
| Vesper | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Seneca | under 2% | C+ | D− | 23 min | $86,779 |
| Hansen | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Wisconsin Rapids | 24% | C− | A− | 20 min | $55,253 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sherry, Vesper and Hansen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wisconsin Rapids. Darker towns draw more of Sigel’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 Sigel: questions
What is the median household income in Sigel?
$67,963 (±$6,036) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sigel?
10.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sigel?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sigel work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wisconsin Rapids (24%, 6 mi), Marshfield (9%, 19 mi), Stevens Point (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sigel walkable?
Sigel is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sigel without a car?
<1% 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 Sigel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sigel
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.