With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of York works elsewhere
Working residents average 25 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. There are 43 jobs in York, against 233 working residents. Only 1% work in York itself; outside it, Neillsville draws the most (17%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
York and work: the main findings
The workday shuffle in and out of York
On a workday 230 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.
About 630 people are in York on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 out of York: the destinations
Where York 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.
Factories, building and farms: 91% of the jobs in York
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in York, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 43. 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 York’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for York’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of York workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 362 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.
Short hops and long hauls from York
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Bordering towns draw 11% of York’s workers
The biggest share goes to Fremont (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | York workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York | – | — | — | 25 min | $66,786 |
| Loyal | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Weston | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Fremont | 6% | C | C | 21 min | $78,286 |
| Grant | 5% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Loyal, Weston and Grant: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of York’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 York: questions
What is the median household income in York?
$66,786 (±$12,190) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in York?
24.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from York?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in York work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Neillsville (17%, 7 mi), Fremont (6%, 6 mi), Loyal (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around York without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from York, from the people who make the trip.
More of York
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.