Work & commute · Brule

Work & commute in Brule, WI

Most working residents leave Brule for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Superior (25%), Duluth (18%) and Ashland (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 283 Brule residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brule.

283live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brule goes to work

Superior23.5 mi away

25%73

Duluth, MN28.1 mi away

18%52

Ashland35.2 mi away

4%13

Poplar8.1 mi away

4%11

Brule (in town)right here

4%11

Maple4.7 mi away

3%10

Iron River12 mi away

2%7

Cloquet, MN43.3 mi away

2%5

Lake Nebagamon7.3 mi away

2%5

Amnicon12.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%102

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

How far

How far Brule commutes

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

14%

16%

48%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

48%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brule is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brule are

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

Jobs based in Brule

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less46%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Brule residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+67%

Jobs based in Brule, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 95. 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.