Work & commute · Chippewa Falls

Work & commute in Chippewa Falls, WI

About one in 4 of Chippewa Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (27%), Lake Hallie (5%) and Altoona (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

1,605 of 6,273 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,668 Chippewa Falls residents head out of town to work, 1,605 work right here, and 8,197 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chippewa Falls.

4,668live here, work elsewhere

1,605live and work here

8,197work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chippewa Falls goes to work

Eau Claire9.6 mi away

27%1,705

Chippewa Falls (in town)right here

26%1,605

Lake Hallie3.6 mi away

5%314

Altoona9.6 mi away

3%212

Menomonie25.7 mi away

3%208

Union13.6 mi away

3%194

Bloomer12.6 mi away

1%75

La Crosse77.1 mi away

1%74

Lafayette5 mi away

1%69

Washington13.4 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,750

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

How far

How far Chippewa Falls commutes

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

48%

27%

18%

48%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chippewa Falls is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chippewa Falls are

9,802 jobs are based in Chippewa Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chippewa Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Chippewa Falls

9,802 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Chippewa Falls residents hold

6,273 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+5%

Jobs based in Chippewa Falls, 2013 → 2023: 9,353 → 9,802. 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.