Work & commute · Dovre

Work & commute in Dovre, WI

Most working residents leave Dovre for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rice Lake (13%), Chetek (9%) and Eau Claire (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 391 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 389 Dovre residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dovre.

389live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dovre goes to work

Rice Lake17.6 mi away

13%51

Chetek5.2 mi away

9%35

Eau Claire30.3 mi away

8%30

Barron15.8 mi away

6%22

Bloomer11.5 mi away

3%13

Cameron12.5 mi away

3%10

Minneapolis, MN83.7 mi away

2%8

Menomonie29.2 mi away

2%8

New Auburn4 mi away

2%7

Chippewa Falls24.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%200

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

How far

How far Dovre commutes

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

16%

33%

20%

31%

16%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dovre is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dovre are

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

Jobs based in Dovre

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month80%

Jobs Dovre residents hold

391 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−71%

Jobs based in Dovre, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 40. 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.