Suring has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 423 people commute in to work
About one in ten stay in Suring for work; outside it, Gillett is the main destination (5%, 8 miles). Employers in Suring report 449 jobs, against 253 working residents. 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Suring: the gist
Suring makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Suring are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Suring residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Suring workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 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 253 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
41% of the jobs in Suring make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Suring, 2013 → 2023: 389 → 449. 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 Suring’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Suring
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Suring workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 148 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who leaves Suring for work, and who comes in
On a workday 227 residents head out to work and 26 work right here.
About 700 people are in Suring on a workday afternoon, 39% more 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.
The towns that send workers to Suring
Where Suring clocks in
5% of workers
5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Suring
About 29% 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 Suring
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Suring workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suring | – | — | — | 28 min | $49,167 |
| How | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Maple Valley | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. How and Maple Valley: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Suring’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 Suring: questions
What is the median household income in Suring?
$49,167 (±$8,250) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Suring?
24.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Suring?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Suring work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gillett (5%, 8 mi), Menominee (5%, 15 mi), Ashwaubenon (4%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Suring without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Suring, from the people who make the trip.
More of Suring
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.