Work & commute · Anderson

Work & commute in Anderson, WI

Most working residents leave Anderson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grantsburg (20%), Wood River (6%) and St. Croix Falls (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 179 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

43 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 176 Anderson residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Anderson.

176live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Anderson goes to work

Grantsburg9.2 mi away

20%36

Wood River11.7 mi away

6%10

St. Croix Falls19.3 mi away

3%6

Pine City, MN14.9 mi away

3%5

Siren20.4 mi away

3%5

Frederic15.2 mi away

3%5

Osceola24.6 mi away

3%5

Madison243.2 mi away

2%4

Luck16.5 mi away

2%3

Rice Lake51.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%97

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

How far

How far Anderson commutes

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

27%

30%

15%

28%

27%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Anderson is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Anderson are

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

Jobs based in Anderson

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Anderson residents hold

179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+136%

Jobs based in Anderson, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 33. 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.