Work & commute · Bay

Work & commute in Bay, WI

Most working residents leave Bay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Red Wing (26%), Ellsworth (10%) and Prescott (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 189 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 188 Bay residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bay.

188live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

52work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bay goes to work

Red Wing, MN7.5 mi away

26%50

Ellsworth10.2 mi away

10%19

Prescott20 mi away

6%11

River Falls20.6 mi away

5%9

Trenton5.5 mi away

3%6

Hudson29.2 mi away

3%5

Eau Claire49.7 mi away

2%4

Oak Grove14.8 mi away

2%4

Hastings, MN22 mi away

2%3

Cottage Grove, MN27.4 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%75

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

How far

How far Bay commutes

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

37%

28%

13%

22%

37%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bay is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bay are

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

Jobs based in Bay

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month23%

Jobs Bay residents hold

189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+89%

Jobs based in Bay, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 53. 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.