Work & commute · Gingles

Work & commute in Gingles, WI

Most working residents leave Gingles for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (40%), White River (9%) and Mellen (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 365 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 357 Gingles residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gingles.

357live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

143work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gingles goes to work

Ashland3.3 mi away

40%147

White River6.2 mi away

9%34

Mellen17.1 mi away

5%19

Superior59.9 mi away

4%13

Marengo13.3 mi away

3%10

La Pointe30.5 mi away

2%8

Gingles (in town)right here

2%8

Washburn10 mi away

2%7

Rice Lake84.7 mi away

1%4

Marshfield133.5 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%111

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

How far

How far Gingles commutes

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

55%

12%

30%

55%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gingles is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gingles are

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

Jobs based in Gingles

151 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Gingles residents hold

365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+32%

Jobs based in Gingles, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 151. 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.