Work & commute · Summit

Work & commute in Summit, WI

Most working residents leave Summit for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Superior (26%), Duluth (18%) and Solon Springs (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 408 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 403 Summit residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summit.

403live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

36work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summit goes to work

Superior19 mi away

26%106

Duluth, MN24.1 mi away

18%74

Solon Springs17.3 mi away

4%17

Solon Springs17.2 mi away

2%10

Minong24.5 mi away

2%10

Ashland62.9 mi away

2%8

Hayward43.8 mi away

2%7

Spooner43.7 mi away

2%7

Hayward47.5 mi away

2%7

Poplar21.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%156

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

How far

How far Summit commutes

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

57%

18%

23%

2%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summit is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Summit are

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

Jobs based in Summit

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less54%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs Summit residents hold

408 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−50%

Jobs based in Summit, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 41. 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.