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Work & commute in Cornell, WI

Most working residents leave Cornell for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (14%), Chippewa Falls (12%) and Cadott (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
14%
89 of 648 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
6%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 559 Cornell residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 446 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cornell.

559live here, work elsewhere
89live and work here
446work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cornell goes to work

BloomerCadottCornellStanleyAltoonaChippewa FallsLake HallieEau ClaireGoetzLake HolcombeArthurClevelandEstellaEagle PointAnsonEau ClaireChippewa FallsCadottLake HolcombeBloomerLake HallieAnsonAltoonaStanleyCornell
1
Cornell (in town)right here
14%89
2
Eau Claire29.2 mi away
14%88
3
Chippewa Falls19.7 mi away
12%78
4
Cadott14.8 mi away
4%29
5
Lake Holcombe6 mi away
3%18
6
Bloomer17.2 mi away
3%17
7
Lake Hallie23.3 mi away
3%17
8
Anson11.3 mi away
3%17
9
Altoona28.9 mi away
2%14
10
Stanley17.2 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%271

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

How far

How far Cornell commutes

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

21%Under 10 mi
37%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
18%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cornell is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cornell are

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

Jobs based in Cornell

535 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)42%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)37%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Cornell residents hold

648 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)45%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+3%

Jobs based in Cornell, 2013 → 2023: 520 → 535. 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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