Work & commute · Dunbar

Work & commute in Dunbar, WI

Most working residents leave Dunbar for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (10%), Pembine (8%) and Marinette (5%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 252 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 247 Dunbar residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dunbar.

247live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dunbar goes to work

Iron Mountain, MI14.2 mi away

10%26

Pembine9.5 mi away

8%21

Marinette44.6 mi away

5%12

Beecher10.6 mi away

4%11

Wausaukee19.3 mi away

4%10

Goodman9.2 mi away

4%9

Kingsford, MI12.4 mi away

3%7

Crivitz28 mi away

3%7

Amberg13.1 mi away

3%7

Ashwaubenon79.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%136

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Dunbar commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

15%

32%

16%

37%

15%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dunbar is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.15 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dunbar are

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

Jobs based in Dunbar

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)97%

$1,250 a month or less61%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month13%

Jobs Dunbar residents hold

252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−91%

Jobs based in Dunbar, 2013 → 2023: 412 → 38. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe 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 saysA 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 surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.