St. Marie has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in St. Marie; the top destination outside it is Ripon (16%, 13 miles). Employers in St. Marie report 15 jobs; 140 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 6% of workers (Wisconsin 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of St. Marie
On a workday 139 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in St. Marie on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 St. Marie goes to work
Where St. Marie clocks in
6% 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.
St. Marie is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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. Marie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 25 minutes from St. Marie
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Marie workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 118 commuters (the 6% 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.
Miles to work from St. Marie
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.
Around St. Marie: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Princeton (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Marie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Marie | – | — | — | 25 min | $56,875 |
| Seneca | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Princeton | under 3% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $83,631 |
| Neshkoro | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Princeton | 8% | D | B | 24 min | $54,205 |
| Berlin | under 3% | A− | D | 23 min | $113,125 |
| Brooklyn | under 3% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $108,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Seneca: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Neshkoro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Marie’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. Marie: questions
What is the median household income in St. Marie?
$56,875 (±$23,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Marie?
5.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Marie?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Marie work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ripon (16%, 13 mi), Princeton (8%, 3 mi), Berlin (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around St. Marie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Marie, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Marie
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.