Work & commute · Bruce

Work & commute in Bruce, WI

Most working residents leave Bruce for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Ladysmith (11%), Eau Claire (9%) and Rice Lake (5%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

34 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 289 Bruce residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bruce.

289live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

430work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bruce goes to work

Ladysmith8.8 mi away

11%36

Bruce (in town)right here

11%34

Eau Claire45.8 mi away

9%29

Rice Lake22.6 mi away

5%15

Chippewa Falls36.9 mi away

3%10

Menomonie50.2 mi away

3%10

Bloomer27 mi away

2%8

Barron27.7 mi away

2%7

Superior93.3 mi away

2%7

Chetek20.8 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%162

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

How far

How far Bruce commutes

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

27%

13%

30%

27%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bruce is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bruce are

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

Jobs based in Bruce

464 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Bruce residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+188%

Jobs based in Bruce, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 464. 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.