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Work & commute in Clear Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Clear Lake for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Amery (12%), Turtle Lake (9%) and Clayton (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
62 of 571 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
3%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 509 Clear Lake residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 809 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Clear Lake.

509live here, work elsewhere
62live and work here
809work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Clear Lake goes to work

BayportSt. PaulClear LakeTurtle LakeAmeryClaytonSomersetHudsonNew RichmondMenomonieStar PrairieLincolnBeaverClaytonClear LakeBlack BrookAmeryTurtle LakeClaytonNew RichmondHudsonBayportSomersetMenomonieSt. PaulClear Lake
1
Amery6.1 mi away
12%67
2
Clear Lake (in town)right here
11%62
3
Turtle Lake11.4 mi away
9%50
4
Clayton7.4 mi away
4%23
5
New Richmond16.1 mi away
4%21
6
Hudson29.9 mi away
2%14
7
Bayport, MN29.7 mi away
2%13
8
Somerset21.5 mi away
2%13
9
Menomonie30.3 mi away
2%13
10
St. Paul, MN45.7 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%283

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

How far

How far Clear Lake commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Clear Lake is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Clear Lake are

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

Jobs based in Clear Lake

871 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)62%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)28%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Clear Lake residents hold

571 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+10%

Jobs based in Clear Lake, 2013 → 2023: 790 → 871. 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.

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