Work & commute · Ephraim

Work & commute in Ephraim, WI

Most working residents leave Ephraim for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Gibraltar (22%), Sister Bay (21%) and Sturgeon Bay (8%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 95 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 91 Ephraim residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ephraim.

91live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ephraim goes to work

Gibraltar4.7 mi away

22%21

Sister Bay2.5 mi away

21%20

Sturgeon Bay25.6 mi away

8%8

Madison182.1 mi away

5%5

Ephraim (in town)right here

4%4

Egg Harbor16.4 mi away

4%4

Baileys Harbor7.9 mi away

4%4

Liberty Grove11.9 mi away

3%3

Escanaba, MI40.3 mi away

2%2

Ashwaubenon65.3 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%22

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

How far

How far Ephraim commutes

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

55%

12%

28%

55%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ephraim is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ephraim are

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

Jobs based in Ephraim

162 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Ephraim residents hold

95 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+135%

Jobs based in Ephraim, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 162. 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.