Work & commute · Cooks Valley

Work & commute in Cooks Valley, WI

Most working residents leave Cooks Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (21%), Bloomer (21%) and Chippewa Falls (13%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 360 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 360 Cooks Valley residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cooks Valley.

360live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

112work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cooks Valley goes to work

Eau Claire18.4 mi away

21%75

Bloomer4.8 mi away

21%74

Chippewa Falls13.7 mi away

13%47

Lake Hallie15.2 mi away

4%14

Menomonie20.6 mi away

3%10

Woodmohr5.7 mi away

3%9

Bloomer8.5 mi away

2%8

Altoona20.4 mi away

2%7

La Crosse88.3 mi away

2%6

Madison174.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%106

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

How far

How far Cooks Valley commutes

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

28%

51%

16%

28%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cooks Valley is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cooks Valley are

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

Jobs based in Cooks Valley

112 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)79%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)7%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Cooks Valley residents hold

360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−2%

Jobs based in Cooks Valley, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 112. 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.