Work & commute · Arcadia

Work & commute in Arcadia, WI

About one in 5 of Arcadia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Whitehall (32%), La Crosse (4%) and Winona (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

317 of 1,497 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 1,180 Arcadia residents head out of town to work, 317 work right here, and 1,192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arcadia.

1,180live here, work elsewhere

317live and work here

1,192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arcadia goes to work

Whitehall10.8 mi away

32%477

Arcadia (in town)right here

21%317

La Crosse32.1 mi away

4%59

Winona, MN16.2 mi away

4%54

Arcadia4.7 mi away

2%31

Onalaska28.6 mi away

2%26

Madison130.6 mi away

1%20

Milwaukee194.3 mi away

1%15

Rochester, MN51.6 mi away

1%13

Eau Claire39.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%473

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

How far

How far Arcadia commutes

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

24%

42%

11%

23%

24%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arcadia is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arcadia are

1,509 jobs are based in Arcadia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arcadia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arcadia

1,509 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Arcadia residents hold

1,497 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−1%

Jobs based in Arcadia, 2013 → 2023: 1,529 → 1,509. 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.