Work & commute · Blair

Work & commute in Blair, WI

Most working residents leave Blair for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Whitehall (18%), La Crosse (9%) and Preston (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 612 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 570 Blair residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 338 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blair.

570live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

338work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blair goes to work

Whitehall3 mi away

18%110

La Crosse34.9 mi away

9%56

Blair (in town)right here

7%42

Preston3.4 mi away

5%31

Galesville17 mi away

3%21

Arcadia10.9 mi away

3%21

Ettrick9.7 mi away

3%16

Black River Falls22.9 mi away

2%14

St. Paul, MN98.6 mi away

2%13

Onalaska30.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%277

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

How far

How far Blair commutes

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

35%

18%

22%

25%

35%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blair is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Blair are

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

Jobs based in Blair

380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Blair residents hold

612 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−36%

Jobs based in Blair, 2013 → 2023: 594 → 380. 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.