Work & commute · Eau Claire

Work & commute in Eau Claire, MI

Most working residents leave Eau Claire for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Oronoko (10%), St. Joseph (7%) and Grand Rapids (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 243 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 232 Eau Claire residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eau Claire.

232live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

285work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eau Claire goes to work

Oronoko6 mi away

10%24

St. Joseph12 mi away

7%18

Grand Rapids74.8 mi away

6%14

South Bend, IN21.8 mi away

5%13

Benton9.7 mi away

5%12

Niles11.2 mi away

4%10

Berrien3.8 mi away

4%10

Pipestone2.3 mi away

3%8

Lake13 mi away

3%8

Mishawaka, IN22.9 mi away

3%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%119

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

How far

How far Eau Claire commutes

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

24%

46%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eau Claire is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eau Claire are

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

Jobs based in Eau Claire

296 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Eau Claire residents hold

243 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+193%

Jobs based in Eau Claire, 2011 → 2021: 101 → 296. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.