Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Star Prairie has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
There are 72 jobs in Star Prairie for 374 working residents. Hardly any work in Star Prairie; the top destination outside it is New Richmond (14%, 5 miles). The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Star Prairie apart on work
Who commutes out of Star Prairie, and who commutes in
On a workday 373 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Star Prairie on a workday afternoon, 46% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Star Prairie work
Where Star Prairie clocks in
14% of workers
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.
Jobs in Star Prairie: what the 72 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Star Prairie, 2014 → 2024: 50 → 72. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Star Prairie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Star Prairie
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Star Prairie workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 362 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Star Prairie
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Star Prairie
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Star Prairie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star Prairie | – | — | — | 25 min | $77,188 |
| Stanton | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Alden | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 34 min | $94,878 |
Same-state neighbors only. Stanton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Star Prairie’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 2024, 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 Star Prairie: questions
What is the median household income in Star Prairie?
$77,188 (±$16,464) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Star Prairie?
11.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Star Prairie?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Star Prairie work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Richmond (14%, 5 mi), Hudson (6%, 19 mi), Somerset (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Star Prairie without a car?
0% 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 Star Prairie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Star Prairie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.