Sumner has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
68 jobs are based in Sumner, against 445 working residents. Hardly any work in Sumner; the top destination outside it is Osseo (23%, 2 miles). Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sumner and work: the main findings
Sumner is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Sumner, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sumner has about 470 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sumner and Osseo trade workers both ways
Osseo is the top workplace for Sumner residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Sumner come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 445 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Sumner
On a workday 441 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Sumner on a workday afternoon, 45% 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 Sumner ends
Where Sumner clocks in
Lines 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.
Sumner works in goods: 74% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sumner, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 68. 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 Sumner’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Sumner: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sumner workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 376 commuters (the 14% 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 Sumner’s workers travel
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.
Next door to Sumner
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sumner workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner | – | — | — | 24 min | $73,450 |
| Hale | under 2% | B | C | 31 min | $92,083 |
| Garfield | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Unity | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Otter Creek | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Northfield | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Garfield: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Unity, Otter Creek and Northfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sumner’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 Sumner: questions
What is the median household income in Sumner?
$73,450 (±$6,671) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sumner?
8.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sumner?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sumner work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osseo (23%, 2 mi), Eau Claire (16%, 23 mi), Whitehall (10%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sumner 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 Sumner, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sumner
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.