Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Underhill works elsewhere
Underhill has 85 jobs; 400 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Underhill; the top destination outside it is Suring (13%, 7 miles). The trip to work takes 34 minutes on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Underhill and work: the main findings
Underhill is a place people come home to
There are 85 jobs based in Underhill, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Underhill has about 550 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Underhill workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 92 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 400 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Underhill
On a workday 396 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Underhill on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Commuting from Underhill: about 34 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Underhill workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 17% 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.
Commuting out of Underhill: the destinations
Where Underhill 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.
The kinds of work in Underhill
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Underhill, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 85. 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 Underhill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Underhill to work
About 22% 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.
The towns around Underhill
The biggest share goes to Menominee (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Underhill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underhill | – | — | — | 34 min | $65,000 |
| Gillett | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| How | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Legend Lake | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Washington | under 3% | C+ | C− | 34 min | $62,096 |
| Menominee | 5% | D | C | 22 min | $62,108 |
| Wescott | under 3% | C− | C− | 22 min | $72,738 |
Same-state neighbors only. Gillett: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. How: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Legend Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Underhill’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 Underhill: questions
What is the median household income in Underhill?
$65,000 (±$15,067) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Underhill?
11.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Underhill?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Underhill work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Suring (13%, 7 mi), Menominee (5%, 14 mi), Green Bay (5%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Underhill 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 Underhill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Underhill
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.