Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Summit Lake has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute takes 18 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. There are 18 jobs in Summit Lake; 71 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Summit Lake for work; outside it, Antigo is the main destination (14%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Summit Lake, and who commutes in
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 40 people are in Summit Lake on a workday afternoon, 57% 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 the trip to work from Summit Lake ends
Where Summit Lake clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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 Summit Lake: what the 18 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summit Lake, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 18. 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 Summit Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Summit Lake’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summit Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far Summit Lake’s workers travel
About 44% 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.
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 Summit Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Summit Lake?
$73,750 (±$61,006) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summit Lake?
7.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summit Lake?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summit Lake work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Antigo (14%, 17 mi), Elcho (10%, 3 mi), Rhinelander (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Summit Lake 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 Summit Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summit Lake
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.