Most of True commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in True; the top destination outside it is Ladysmith (33%, 11 miles). 31 jobs are based in True, against 103 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of True, and who commutes in
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in True on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The towns that employ True’s residents
Where True 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.
In True, 48% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in True, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 31. 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 True’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from True: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of True workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 91 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.
How far it is to work from True
About 33% 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.
True and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | True workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| True | – | — | — | 29 min | $63,333 |
| Richland | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Dewey | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Cedar Rapids | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lawrence | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Richland, Dewey and Cedar Rapids: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lawrence: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of True’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 True: questions
What is the median household income in True?
$63,333 (±$11,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in True?
3.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from True?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in True work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ladysmith (33%, 11 mi), Hawkins (8%, 8 mi), Bruce (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around True 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 True, from the people who make the trip.
More of True
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.