Work & commute · Apple River

Work & commute in Apple River, WI

Most working residents leave Apple River for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Amery (11%), Turtle Lake (5%) and St. Paul (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 654 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 650 Apple River residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Apple River.

650live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Apple River goes to work

Amery8.5 mi away

11%72

Turtle Lake10.3 mi away

5%34

St. Paul, MN49.2 mi away

4%26

New Richmond22.9 mi away

4%26

St. Croix Falls13.1 mi away

4%25

Balsam Lake5.6 mi away

3%21

Osceola18.2 mi away

3%21

Clear Lake13.1 mi away

3%17

Eau Claire59.4 mi away

2%14

Hudson36.9 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%385

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

How far

How far Apple River commutes

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

21%

27%

24%

29%

21%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Apple River is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Apple River are

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

Jobs based in Apple River

158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Apple River residents hold

654 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+10%

Jobs based in Apple River, 2013 → 2023: 143 → 158. 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.