Work & commute · Bass Lake

Work & commute in Bass Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Bass Lake for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hayward (27%), Hayward (14%) and Rice Lake (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

118 of 977 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 859 Bass Lake residents head out of town to work, 118 work right here, and 384 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bass Lake.

859live here, work elsewhere

118live and work here

384work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bass Lake goes to work

Hayward3.8 mi away

27%264

Hayward5 mi away

14%140

Bass Lake (in town)right here

12%118

Rice Lake34.7 mi away

3%28

Eau Claire77.6 mi away

3%26

Minong26.2 mi away

2%16

Birchwood20.3 mi away

2%15

Hunter12.9 mi away

1%14

Spooner22.8 mi away

1%12

Superior60.2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%333

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

How far

How far Bass Lake commutes

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

56%

28%

56%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bass Lake is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bass Lake are

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

Jobs based in Bass Lake

502 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bass Lake residents hold

977 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−40%

Jobs based in Bass Lake, 2013 → 2023: 836 → 502. 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.