Work & commute · Chippewa

Work & commute in Chippewa, WI

Most working residents leave Chippewa for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Park Falls (23%), Jacobs (6%) and Phillips (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 157 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 154 Chippewa residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chippewa.

154live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chippewa goes to work

Park Falls13.8 mi away

23%36

Jacobs13 mi away

6%10

Phillips27.1 mi away

4%7

Mellen20.6 mi away

4%6

Butternut9.8 mi away

3%5

Gordon10.7 mi away

3%5

Medford64 mi away

3%4

Ashland39.1 mi away

3%4

Wausau89.6 mi away

3%4

Eau Claire92 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%72

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

How far

How far Chippewa commutes

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

31%

22%

13%

34%

31%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chippewa is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chippewa are

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

Jobs based in Chippewa

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less47%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Chippewa residents hold

157 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+42%

Jobs based in Chippewa, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 17. 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.