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Work & commute · Big Flats

Work & commute in Big Flats, WI

Most working residents leave Big Flats for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Adams (6%), Friendship (4%) and Stevens Point (4%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
7 of 397 working residents
Typical commute
35 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
35 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
4%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 390 Big Flats residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Big Flats.

390live here, work elsewhere
7live and work here
39work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Big Flats goes to work

GenoaStoddardFriendshipAdamsWisconsin DellsWisconsin RapidsStevens PointWausauEau ClaireMadisonRichfordPrestonStrongs PrairieRomeColburnLeolaMonroeBig FlatsRichfieldAdamsFriendshipStevens PointWisconsin RapidsRomeWausauEau ClaireMadisonWisconsin DellsBig Flats
1
Adams10.3 mi away
6%25
2
Friendship9.2 mi away
4%17
3
Stevens Point31.6 mi away
4%16
4
Wisconsin Rapids20 mi away
3%13
5
Rome6.9 mi away
2%9
6
Wausau59.7 mi away
2%8
7
Eau Claire96.9 mi away
2%7
8
Madison72.7 mi away
2%7
9
Big Flats (in town)right here
2%7
10
Wisconsin Dells32.2 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
71%282

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

How far

How far Big Flats commutes

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

13%Under 10 mi
22%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
41%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Big Flats is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Big Flats are

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

Jobs based in Big Flats

46 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)93%
$1,250 a month or less35%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%
Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Big Flats residents hold

397 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month47%
+7%

Jobs based in Big Flats, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 46. 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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