Work & commute · Chetek

Work & commute in Chetek, WI

Most working residents leave Chetek for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Rice Lake (14%), Eau Claire (9%) and Barron (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

136 of 1,063 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 927 Chetek residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 1,041 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chetek.

927live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

1,041work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chetek goes to work

Rice Lake12.5 mi away

14%146

Chetek (in town)right here

13%136

Eau Claire35.2 mi away

9%91

Barron11 mi away

7%72

Chetek3.1 mi away

2%25

Cameron7.4 mi away

2%24

Menomonie32 mi away

2%23

Marshfield85.3 mi away

2%21

Prairie Lake4 mi away

2%21

Chippewa Falls29.3 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%485

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.

23%

27%

21%

28%

23%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chetek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Chetek are

1,177 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

1,177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Chetek residents hold

1,063 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−1%

Jobs based in Chetek, 2013 → 2023: 1,185 → 1,177. 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.