Work & commute · Cedar Lake

Work & commute in Cedar Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Cedar Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rice Lake (28%), Cumberland (6%) and Barron (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 462 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 455 Cedar Lake residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cedar Lake.

455live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cedar Lake goes to work

Rice Lake10.3 mi away

28%129

Cumberland21.3 mi away

6%28

Barron17.8 mi away

5%24

Eau Claire53.8 mi away

4%18

Menomonie51 mi away

2%10

Rice Lake7.7 mi away

2%9

Birchwood5 mi away

2%8

Shell Lake17.6 mi away

2%8

Lakeland17.9 mi away

2%8

Cameron14.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%213

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

How far

How far Cedar Lake commutes

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

20%

42%

31%

20%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cedar Lake is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cedar Lake are

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

Jobs based in Cedar Lake

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Cedar Lake residents hold

462 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−13%

Jobs based in Cedar Lake, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 61. 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.