Work & commute · Colfax

Work & commute in Colfax, WI

Most working residents leave Colfax for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Menomonie (26%), Eau Claire (16%) and Colfax (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 560 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 553 Colfax residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colfax.

553live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colfax goes to work

Menomonie12 mi away

26%145

Eau Claire15.7 mi away

16%91

Colfax1 mi away

5%27

Chippewa Falls16 mi away

3%19

Tainter6.8 mi away

2%13

Marshfield78.6 mi away

2%12

Union13.6 mi away

2%11

Hudson50 mi away

2%9

Lake Hallie15.5 mi away

1%8

Bloomer13.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%218

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

How far

How far Colfax commutes

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

19%

49%

24%

19%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colfax is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Colfax are

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

Jobs based in Colfax

83 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Colfax residents hold

560 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+80%

Jobs based in Colfax, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 83. 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.