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Work & commute · Alma Center

Work & commute in Alma Center, WI

Most working residents leave Alma Center for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Black River Falls (21%), Alma (9%) and Brockway (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
10 of 252 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
18 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 242 Alma Center residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alma Center.

242live here, work elsewhere
10live and work here
97work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Alma Center goes to work

Alma CenterMerrillanOsseoNeillsvilleWhitehallBlack River FallsLa CrosseEau ClaireGarden ValleyHixtonAlmaBrockwayAdamsLincolnNorthfieldBlack River FallsAlmaBrockwayWhitehallLa CrosseAdamsEau ClaireNorthfieldGarden ValleyAlma Center
1
Black River Falls10.2 mi away
21%53
2
Alma2.9 mi away
9%23
3
Brockway12.4 mi away
7%17
4
Alma Center (in town)right here
4%10
5
Whitehall21.6 mi away
4%9
6
La Crosse45 mi away
4%9
7
Adams7.1 mi away
4%9
8
Eau Claire38.9 mi away
3%7
9
Northfield10.2 mi away
2%6
10
Garden Valley4 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%104

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

How far

How far Alma Center commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
19%25–50 mi
20%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Alma Center is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Alma Center are

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

Jobs based in Alma Center

107 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)90%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Alma Center residents hold

252 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)32%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month55%
−9%

Jobs based in Alma Center, 2013 → 2023: 117 → 107. 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.

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