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Work & commute in Bangor, WI

Most working residents leave Bangor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (29%), West Salem (10%) and Onalaska (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
18 of 648 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
22 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 630 Bangor residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bangor.

630live here, work elsewhere
18live and work here
245work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bangor goes to work

RocklandBangorWest SalemHolmenSpartaOnalaskaLa CrosseMadisonFarmingtonBurnsOnalaskaSpartaHamiltonMelroseBangorLa CrosseWest SalemOnalaskaSpartaBangorHolmenFarmingtonMelroseMadisonBangor
1
La Crosse12.5 mi away
29%186
2
West Salem4.7 mi away
10%63
3
Onalaska10.5 mi away
10%63
4
Sparta9.5 mi away
6%37
5
Bangor3 mi away
4%28
6
Holmen14.6 mi away
3%21
7
Bangor (in town)right here
3%18
8
Farmington10.4 mi away
2%12
9
Melrose15.4 mi away
2%12
10
Madison96.1 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%197

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

How far

How far Bangor commutes

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

28%Under 10 mi
48%10–24 mi
4%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bangor is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bangor are

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

Jobs based in Bangor

263 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)60%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Bangor residents hold

648 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)54%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month59%
−2%

Jobs based in Bangor, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 263. 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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