Steuben has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Steuben report 4 jobs for 53 working residents. Hardly any stay in Steuben for work; outside it, Prairie du Chien is the main destination (23%, 17 miles). Home is the office for 6% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Steuben on a workday afternoon
On a workday 53 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 66 people are in Steuben on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Out of Steuben to work: where people go
Where Steuben clocks in
23% of workers
9% 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.
In Steuben, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steuben, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 4. 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 Steuben’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Steuben’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steuben workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 59 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Steuben
About 21% 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.
The towns around Steuben
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Steuben workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steuben | – | — | — | 24 min | $72,188 |
| Eastman | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Marietta | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Eastman and Marietta: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Steuben’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 Steuben: questions
What is the median household income in Steuben?
$72,188 (±$18,113) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steuben?
9.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steuben?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steuben work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prairie du Chien (23%, 17 mi), Boscobel (9%, 8 mi), Richland Center (9%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Steuben 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 Steuben, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steuben
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.