Most of Spider Lake commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
At home: 30% of workers have no commute at all (Wisconsin 13%). 40 jobs are based in Spider Lake, against 184 working residents. Only 4% work in Spider Lake itself; outside it, Hayward draws the most (20%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Spider Lake, and who commutes in
On a workday 177 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Spider Lake on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 Spider Lake’s working residents head each day
Where Spider Lake clocks in
20% of workers
14% 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.
Jobs in Spider Lake: what the 40 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spider Lake, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 40. 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 Spider Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Spider Lake takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spider Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 118 commuters (the 30% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Spider Lake
About 36% 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.
How Spider Lake compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Round Lake (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spider Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spider Lake | – | — | — | 25 min | $87,805 |
| Round Lake | 7% | C | B− | 25 min | $62,011 |
| Cable | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Namakagon | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Shanagolden | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Lenroot | 2% | C− | C+ | 20 min | $64,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cable, Namakagon and Shanagolden: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spider Lake’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 Spider Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Spider Lake?
$87,805 (±$19,887) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spider Lake?
1.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spider Lake?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spider Lake work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hayward (20%, 19 mi), Hayward (14%, 16 mi), Round Lake (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spider Lake without a car?
3% 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 Spider Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spider Lake
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.