Work & commute · Augusta

Work & commute in Augusta, WI

Most working residents leave Augusta for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (16%), Osseo (9%) and Bridge Creek (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

53 of 496 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 443 Augusta residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 495 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Augusta.

443live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

495work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Augusta goes to work

Eau Claire20.8 mi away

16%79

Augusta (in town)right here

11%53

Osseo8.2 mi away

9%44

Bridge Creek4.3 mi away

8%39

Altoona17.8 mi away

4%18

Chippewa Falls22.1 mi away

3%16

Lake Hallie20.8 mi away

3%16

La Crosse59.2 mi away

2%11

Washington14.5 mi away

2%10

Marshfield46.6 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%201

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

How far

How far Augusta commutes

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

33%

36%

22%

33%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Augusta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Augusta are

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

Jobs based in Augusta

548 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Augusta residents hold

496 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−19%

Jobs based in Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 675 → 548. 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.