Work & commute · Bear Bluff

Work & commute in Bear Bluff, WI

Most working residents leave Bear Bluff for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Black River Falls (17%), Tomah (10%) and Brockway (10%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 48 working residents

Typical commute

26 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 48 Bear Bluff residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bear Bluff.

48live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bear Bluff goes to work

Black River Falls24.2 mi away

17%8

Tomah17.1 mi away

10%5

Brockway20.9 mi away

10%5

Whitehall49.3 mi away

4%2

Wisconsin Rapids29.2 mi away

4%2

La Crescent, MN53.8 mi away

2%1

Burnsville, MN148.7 mi away

2%1

Rochester, MN105.9 mi away

2%1

Minneapolis, MN152.1 mi away

2%1

Neillsville26.4 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%21

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

How far

How far Bear Bluff commutes

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

40%

33%

25%

2%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bear Bluff is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bear Bluff are

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

Jobs based in Bear Bluff

19 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Bear Bluff residents hold

48 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−95%

Jobs based in Bear Bluff, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 19. 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.