Work & commute · Durand

Work & commute in Durand, WI

Most working residents leave Durand for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (12%), Menomonie (8%) and Lima (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

134 of 817 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 683 Durand residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 874 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Durand.

683live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

874work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Durand goes to work

Durand (in town)right here

16%134

Eau Claire26.6 mi away

12%94

Menomonie18.6 mi away

8%64

Lima6.2 mi away

5%38

Mondovi14.9 mi away

3%26

Durand1.6 mi away

3%25

Waubeek3 mi away

2%18

La Crosse66 mi away

2%17

Altoona28.3 mi away

2%16

Chippewa Falls35.4 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%370

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

How far

How far Durand commutes

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

27%

24%

23%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Durand is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Durand are

1,008 jobs are based in Durand. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Durand’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Durand

1,008 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Durand residents hold

817 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+13%

Jobs based in Durand, 2013 → 2023: 891 → 1,008. 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.