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Work & commute in Cornucopia · A commuter town

100% of Cornucopia’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Cornucopia for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Bayfield (32%), Ashland (18%) and Bayfield (13%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 38 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
18 min
Less than WI (22 min)
Work from home
15%
More than WI (13%)
Jobs based here
22
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Cornucopia?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

32% of working residents work in Bayfield

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Des MoinesHoyt LakesDuluthBayfield: 12 residents work here (32%)Neillsville: 1 residents work here (3%)Saukville: 1 residents work here (3%)Washburn: 1 residents work here (3%)Mosinee: 1 residents work here (3%)Ashland: 7 residents work here (18%)Wauwatosa: 1 residents work here (3%)Howard: 1 residents work here (3%)Bayfield: 5 residents work here (13%)WeirgorRussell: 3 residents work here (8%)La PointeBayviewBellCornucopiaBayfieldAshlandBayfieldRussellNeillsvilleSaukvilleCornucopia
1
Bayfield13.7 mi away
32%12
2
Ashland22 mi away
18%7
3
Bayfield7.5 mi away
13%5
4
Russell13.8 mi away
8%3
5
Neillsville160.6 mi away
3%1
6
Saukville284.9 mi away
3%1
7
Washburn15.8 mi away
3%1
8
Mosinee158.3 mi away
3%1
9
Wauwatosa302 mi away
3%1
10
Howard215.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
13%5
The top trips

Where Cornucopia clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Wisconsin

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
136 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Cornucopia18 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
15%

of Cornucopia workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Cornucopia quiets down on a workday

On a workday 38 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 22 people come in from elsewhere.

38live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
22work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night110
Workday92
110live here− 38head out to work+ 22come in to work= 92on a workday

About 92 people are in Cornucopia on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.58jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.58 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.

How far

Half of Cornucopia commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBayfield: 32% · 13.7 miAshland: 18% · 22 miBayfield: 13% · 7.5 miRussell: 8% · 13.8 miNeillsville: 3% · 160.6 miSaukville: 3% · 284.9 miWashburn: 3% · 15.8 miMosinee: 3% · 158.3 miWauwatosa: 3% · 302 miHoward: 3% · 215.5 miBayfield 32%Ashland 18%Bayfield 13%Russell 8%Neillsville 3%Cornucopia
CornucopiaTop destinations (size = commuters)
3%Under 10 mi1 residents
76%10–24 mi29 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
21%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 21% 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.

The jobs

What the 22 jobs in Cornucopia are

22 jobs are based in Cornucopia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cornucopia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in CornucopiaJobs Cornucopia residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%16%
Trade, transport & utilities64%18%
Services: health, schools, offices36%66%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less36%29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month45%32%
Over $3,333 a month18%39%

Who does it

29 or younger14%21%
30 to 5450%42%
55 and older36%37%
−12%

Jobs based in Cornucopia, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 22. 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.

Next door

Cornucopia and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Cornucopia’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Bell: few work hereBellCornucopia
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
  • Where the employer says. A job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
  • Two surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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