St. Germain has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
3% of workers have no commute at all; Wisconsin has 13%. 312 jobs are based in St. Germain for 827 working residents. St. Germain grades C− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in St. Germain, in a few figures
Many jobs in St. Germain pay little
38% of the jobs based in St. Germain pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
34% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside St. Germain
48% of St. Germain residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 28% of the jobs based in St. Germain pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 827 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: St. Germain’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Germain is better than 22% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds St. Germain’s grade up (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Germain could be anywhere from D to B.
What St. Germain’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Germain, 2013 → 2023: 311 → 312. 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 St. Germain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
St. Germain’s commute, mile by mile
About 34% 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.
St. Germain quiets down on a workday
On a workday 800 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in St. Germain 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.
16% of working residents work in Eagle River
Where St. Germain clocks in
16% 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.
Each way, about 18 minutes from St. Germain
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Germain workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,044 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.
In St. Germain, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Germain is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,081 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). 1.5% of St. Germain households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Germain’s commuters take a bus or train.
How St. Germain ranks: 3,897th of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,895 | Stockton Township IL | 2,209 | $54K | 12.7% | 4.3% | 18% | C− |
| 3,896 | Londonderry Township PA | 1,623 | $52K | 6.0% | 2.1% | 2% | C− |
| 3,897 | St. Germain WI | 2,150 | $63K | 10.4% | 5.2% | 3% | C− |
| 3,898 | Graceville FL | 2,217 | $42K | 21.8% | 0.7% | 10% | C− |
| 3,899 | Camden Township MO | 1,626 | $65K | 11.7% | 1.0% | 17% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 St. Germain, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door is work for 10% of St. Germain
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Germain workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Germain | – | C− | C | 18 min | $62,875 |
| Newbold | under 2% | B+ | C | 21 min | $75,847 |
| Cloverland | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $62,917 |
| Arbor Vitae | 10% | B− | B+ | 17 min | $72,583 |
| Plum Lake | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Sayner | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Plum Lake: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Sayner: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Arbor Vitae. Darker towns draw more of St. Germain’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 St. Germain: questions
What is the median household income in St. Germain?
$62,875 (±$14,405) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Germain?
10.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Germain?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Germain work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eagle River (16%, 13 mi), Minocqua (13%, 19 mi), Arbor Vitae (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Germain walkable?
St. Germain is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Germain without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Germain, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Germain
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.