Work & commute · Chetek

Work & commute in Chetek, WI

Most working residents leave Chetek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Chetek (15%), Rice Lake (14%) and Barron (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 802 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 782 Chetek residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 215 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chetek.

782live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

215work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chetek goes to work

Chetek3.1 mi away

15%117

Rice Lake12.3 mi away

14%109

Barron12.7 mi away

7%56

Eau Claire36.4 mi away

7%56

Cameron8.1 mi away

3%21

Menomonie34.7 mi away

2%20

Chetek (in town)right here

2%20

Marshfield83.9 mi away

2%15

Chippewa Falls29.8 mi away

2%13

Prairie Lake6.5 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%364

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

How far

How far Chetek commutes

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

25%

21%

28%

25%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chetek is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chetek are

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

Jobs based in Chetek

235 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Chetek residents hold

802 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+45%

Jobs based in Chetek, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 235. 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.