Work & commute · Blaine

Work & commute in Blaine, WI

Most working residents leave Blaine for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Swiss (9%), Scott (8%) and Siren (6%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 53 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 52 Blaine residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blaine.

52live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

37work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blaine goes to work

Swiss9.1 mi away

9%5

Scott14.2 mi away

8%4

Siren26.1 mi away

6%3

Webster19.3 mi away

6%3

Turtle Lake51 mi away

4%2

La Follette25 mi away

4%2

Cook, MN120.4 mi away

2%1

Hinckley, MN36 mi away

2%1

Fridley, MN89 mi away

2%1

Burnsville, MN108.2 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%30

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

How far

How far Blaine commutes

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

30%

21%

43%

6%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blaine is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blaine are

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

Jobs based in Blaine

38 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)11%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Blaine residents hold

53 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−51%

Jobs based in Blaine, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 38. 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.