Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Unity has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Only 0% work in Unity; the top destination outside it is Marshfield (25%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Unity quiets down on a workday
On a workday 161 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Unity on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
25% of working residents work in Marshfield
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Unity clocks in
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
12 jobs are based in Unity. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Unity’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Unity, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 12. 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.
About 21 minutes each way, about the WI average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Unity workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 166 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Unity commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 24% 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.
Unity and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Brighton (2%). Darker towns draw more of Unity’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Unity workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unity | – | — | — | 21 min | $56,827 |
| Brighton | 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brighton: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Unity: questions
What is the median household income in Unity?
$56,827 (±$9,932) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Unity?
17.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Unity?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Unity work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshfield (25%, 15 mi), Spencer (8%, 7 mi), Abbotsford (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Unity without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Unity, from the people who make the trip.
More of Unity
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.