Work & commute · Niagara

Work & commute in Niagara, WI

Most working residents leave Niagara for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Iron Mountain (29%), Kingsford (10%) and Breitung (6%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 645 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 588 Niagara residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 383 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niagara.

588live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

383work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niagara goes to work

Iron Mountain, MI4.3 mi away

29%189

Kingsford, MI5 mi away

10%64

Niagara (in town)right here

9%57

Breitung, MI6.4 mi away

6%39

Norway, MI4.5 mi away

3%21

Pembine10.5 mi away

3%19

Green Bay86.9 mi away

3%18

Florence20 mi away

2%13

Escanaba, MI44.4 mi away

2%12

Marinette51.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%203

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

How far

How far Niagara commutes

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

61%

24%

61%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niagara is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Niagara are

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

Jobs based in Niagara

440 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Niagara residents hold

645 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−28%

Jobs based in Niagara, 2013 → 2023: 609 → 440. 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.