Sugar Camp has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B−: better than 53% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 55% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 27 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Sugar Camp; the top destination outside it is Rhinelander (22%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sugar Camp
Sugar Camp makes and builds things
67% of the jobs based in Sugar Camp are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sugar Camp residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. 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 ↓
Sugar Camp workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 807 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Sugar Camp’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sugar Camp is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Sugar Camp’s grade up (5.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sugar Camp could be anywhere from C to B+.
Sugar Camp makes things: 67% of its jobs are in goods
312 jobs are based in Sugar Camp. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sugar Camp’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sugar Camp, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 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.
Half of Sugar Camp commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sugar Camp workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 917 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Sugar Camp quiets down on a workday
On a workday 756 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 261 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Sugar Camp on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.39 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in Rhinelander
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Sugar Camp clocks in
22% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Most trips from Sugar Camp start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sugar Camp is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 985 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). 0.8% of Sugar Camp households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Sugar Camp’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sugar Camp is 2,035th of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Sugar Camp, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 44 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,033 | Mount Pulaski IL | 1,499 | $66K | 5.9% | 2.9% | 14% | B− |
| 2,034 | South Homer Township IL | 1,446 | $84K | 9.1% | 3.0% | 4% | B− |
| 2,035 | Sugar Camp WI | 1,876 | $79K | 5.7% | 3.0% | 6% | B− |
| 2,036 | Driggs ID | 2,403 | $95K | 11.6% | 2.1% | 24% | B− |
| 2,037 | Richmond IL | 2,114 | $73K | 5.2% | 8.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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.
13% of Sugar Camp works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Three Lakes (6%). Darker towns draw more of Sugar Camp’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sugar Camp workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sugar Camp | – | B− | C+ | 27 min | $79,250 |
| Three Lakes | 6% | C− | D | 25 min | $70,250 |
| Lincoln | 3% | B− | A− | 21 min | $77,500 |
| Newbold | 4% | B+ | C | 21 min | $75,847 |
| Cloverland | under 2% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $62,917 |
| Pine Lake | under 2% | B | B | 16 min | $83,611 |
| Stella | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stella: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Sugar Camp: questions
What is the median household income in Sugar Camp?
$79,250 (±$12,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sugar Camp?
5.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sugar Camp?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sugar Camp work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rhinelander (22%, 12 mi), Three Lakes (6%, 9 mi), Eagle River (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sugar Camp walkable?
Sugar Camp is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sugar Camp without a car?
<1% 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 Sugar Camp, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sugar Camp
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.