Work & commute · Cameron

Work & commute in Cameron, WI

Most working residents leave Cameron for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Rice Lake (30%), Barron (7%) and Eau Claire (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

70 of 932 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 862 Cameron residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 604 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cameron.

862live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

604work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cameron goes to work

Rice Lake5.7 mi away

30%283

Cameron (in town)right here

8%70

Barron5.1 mi away

7%63

Eau Claire42.2 mi away

6%54

Chetek7.4 mi away

3%25

Menomonie36.5 mi away

2%19

Stanley2 mi away

2%17

Marshfield92.1 mi away

2%15

Cumberland16.9 mi away

1%12

Turtle Lake19.9 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%365

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

How far

How far Cameron commutes

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

53%

18%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cameron 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 Cameron are

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

Jobs based in Cameron

674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Cameron residents hold

932 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+32%

Jobs based in Cameron, 2013 → 2023: 510 → 674. 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.