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Work & commute in Jolmaville · A commuter town

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

Most working residents leave Jolmaville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (30%), White River (11%) and Mellen (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 56 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
21 min
Less than WI (22 min)
Work from home
3%
Less than WI (13%)
Jobs based here
6
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Jolmaville?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

30% of working residents work in Ashland

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

Kasson: 1 residents work here (2%)Bloomington: 1 residents work here (2%)Duluth: 1 residents work here (2%)Mellen: 5 residents work here (9%)Ashland: 17 residents work here (30%)Wausau: 2 residents work here (4%)Superior: 3 residents work here (5%)White River: 6 residents work here (11%)SanbornMarengoAshlandIron River: 2 residents work here (4%)Cable: 2 residents work here (4%)JolmavilleAshlandWhite RiverMellenSuperiorWausauIron RiverJolmaville
1
Ashland11.8 mi away
30%17
2
White River5.4 mi away
11%6
3
Mellen8.7 mi away
9%5
4
Superior65.7 mi away
5%3
5
Wausau114.8 mi away
4%2
6
Iron River30.3 mi away
4%2
7
Cable31 mi away
4%2
8
Kasson, MN192.2 mi away
2%1
9
Bloomington, MN166.2 mi away
2%1
10
Duluth, MN69.8 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
29%16
The top trips

Where Jolmaville clocks in

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

Day and night

Jolmaville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 56 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.

56live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night100
Workday54
100live here− 56head out to work+ 6come in to work= 54on a workday

About 54 people are in Jolmaville on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.11jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.11 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 Jolmaville commutes less than 13 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 miAshland: 30% · 11.8 miWhite River: 11% · 5.4 miMellen: 9% · 8.7 miSuperior: 5% · 65.7 miWausau: 4% · 114.8 miIron River: 4% · 30.3 miCable: 4% · 31 miKasson: 2% · 192.2 miBloomington: 2% · 166.2 miDuluth: 2% · 69.8 miAshland 30%White River 11%Mellen 9%Superior 5%Wausau 4%Jolmaville
JolmavilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
23%Under 10 mi13 residents
30%10–24 mi17 residents
11%25–50 mi6 residents
36%Over 50 mi20 residents

About 36% 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

Jolmaville makes things: 83% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in JolmavilleJobs Jolmaville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms83%20%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices17%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less17%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%27%
Over $3,333 a month33%57%

Who does it

29 or younger83%30%
30 to 540%39%
55 and older17%30%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 21 minutes each way, about the WI average

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

A year of commuting
163 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Jolmaville21 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

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

About 0 in 10
Next door

11% of Jolmaville works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to White River (11%). Darker towns draw more of Jolmaville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Sanborn17 min
White River20 min
Jolmaville21 min
Ashland29 min
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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