Work & commute · Crystal Lake

Work & commute in Crystal Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Crystal Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Cumberland (18%), Rice Lake (11%) and Turtle Lake (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 298 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 298 Crystal Lake residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crystal Lake.

298live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crystal Lake goes to work

Cumberland3.7 mi away

18%54

Rice Lake17.2 mi away

11%34

Turtle Lake8.6 mi away

8%25

Eau Claire56.1 mi away

4%13

Lakeland8 mi away

3%10

Barron14.3 mi away

3%9

Amery19.1 mi away

2%7

Madison213.1 mi away

2%7

Clayton13 mi away

2%6

Turtle Lake12.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%127

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

How far

How far Crystal Lake commutes

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

30%

33%

31%

30%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crystal Lake is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Crystal Lake are

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

Jobs based in Crystal Lake

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Crystal Lake residents hold

298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−25%

Jobs based in Crystal Lake, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 73. 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.