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Work & commute · Dresser

Work & commute in Dresser, WI

Most working residents leave Dresser for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Osceola (14%), St. Croix Falls (11%) and Minneapolis (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
19 of 487 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 468 Dresser residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 637 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dresser.

468live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
637work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Dresser goes to work

BayportStillwaterForest LakeMinneapolisDresserAmeryOsceolaSt. Croix FallsNew RichmondEau ClaireEurekaGarfieldFarmingtonOsceolaSt. Croix FallsLincolnAldenOsceolaSt. Croix FallsMinneapolisForest LakeEau ClaireBayportStillwaterAmeryNew RichmondDresser
1
Osceola4.2 mi away
14%66
2
St. Croix Falls3.4 mi away
11%52
3
Dresser (in town)right here
4%19
4
Minneapolis, MN41.4 mi away
3%15
5
Forest Lake, MN17.9 mi away
3%14
6
Eau Claire67.1 mi away
2%12
7
Bayport, MN25.1 mi away
2%11
8
Stillwater, MN23.1 mi away
2%11
9
Amery13.8 mi away
2%11
10
New Richmond17 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
54%265

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

How far

How far Dresser commutes

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

33%Under 10 mi
21%10–24 mi
25%25–50 mi
21%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Dresser is balanced between jobs and homes

1.35jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dresser are

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

Jobs based in Dresser

656 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)42%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Dresser residents hold

487 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)46%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+58%

Jobs based in Dresser, 2013 → 2023: 414 → 656. 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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