Most of Sigel commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 142 jobs in Sigel for 421 working residents. For jobs and income Sigel is better than 29% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−). Hardly any work in Sigel; the top destination outside it is Eau Claire (20%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Sigel, in a few figures
Sigel and Eau Claire trade workers both ways
Eau Claire is the top workplace for Sigel residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Sigel come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sigel workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 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 421 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Sigel’s grade explained
Household income holds Sigel’s grade up ($82,292, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.3%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (4.3%) 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−.
Where Sigel’s working residents head each day
Where Sigel clocks in
16% 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 trip to work from Sigel: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 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 401 commuters (the 11% 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.
A workday in Sigel: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Sigel on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Goods, not services: 44% of the jobs in Sigel
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sigel, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 142. 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.
The commute from Sigel, by distance
About 23% 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.
Few in Sigel walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 450 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). 4.5% of Sigel households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sigel’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sigel places 2,483rd of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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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| 21 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,481 | Sumner ME | 1,006 | $58K | 5.8% | 2.4% | 1% | C |
| 2,482 | Rumney NH | 1,479 | $79K | 10.4% | 5.3% | 9% | C |
| 2,483 | Sigel WI | 1,162 | $82K | 21.3% | 4.3% | 1% | C |
| 2,484 | Seelyville IN | 1,000 | $57K | 10.5% | 2.6% | 2% | C |
| 2,485 | South Corning NY | 1,068 | $59K | 12.4% | 6.4% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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.
Around Sigel: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Cadott (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sigel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigel | – | C | C− | 29 min | $82,292 |
| Goetz | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Cadott | 5% | C | B− | 24 min | $71,111 |
| Lafayette | 3% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $101,651 |
| Edson | under 2% | C− | C+ | 30 min | $81,447 |
| Ludington | under 2% | B− | B− | 27 min | $86,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Goetz: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$82,292 (±$9,368) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sigel?
21.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sigel?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sigel work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (20%, 17 mi), Chippewa Falls (16%, 11 mi), Cadott (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sigel walkable?
Sigel is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sigel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% 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.