Work & commute · Barron

Work & commute in Barron, WI

Most working residents leave Barron for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Barron (27%), Rice Lake (16%) and Eau Claire (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 357 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 350 Barron residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 189 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barron.

350live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

189work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barron goes to work

Barron2.5 mi away

27%96

Rice Lake6.3 mi away

16%57

Eau Claire46.2 mi away

4%16

Turtle Lake14.8 mi away

3%11

Madison201.8 mi away

2%8

Barron (in town)right here

2%7

Cumberland11.1 mi away

2%6

Menomonie38 mi away

2%6

Marshfield97.9 mi away

1%5

Stanfold5.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%140

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

How far

How far Barron commutes

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

53%

10%

15%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barron is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barron are

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

Jobs based in Barron

196 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities49%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Barron residents hold

357 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+56%

Jobs based in Barron, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 196. 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.