Work & commute · La Pointe

Work & commute in La Pointe, WI

Most working residents leave La Pointe for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (46%), Washburn (5%) and Duluth (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 150 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 148 La Pointe residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Pointe.

148live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

126work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Pointe goes to work

Ashland28.6 mi away

46%69

Washburn24 mi away

5%7

Duluth, MN74.7 mi away

4%6

Rhinelander105.5 mi away

3%5

Superior73.4 mi away

3%5

Eileen34.2 mi away

3%4

Bayfield14.8 mi away

2%3

Waukesha294.4 mi away

1%2

Garfield143.3 mi away

1%2

White River36.6 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%45

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

How far

How far La Pointe commutes

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

55%

31%

7%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Pointe is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Pointe are

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

Jobs based in La Pointe

128 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs La Pointe residents hold

150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+29%

Jobs based in La Pointe, 2013 → 2023: 99 → 128. 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.