Work & commute · Eaton

Work & commute in Eaton, WI

Most working residents leave Eaton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Neillsville (11%), Greenwood (7%) and Eau Claire (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 248 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 228 Eaton residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 507 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eaton.

228live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

507work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eaton goes to work

Neillsville12.4 mi away

11%28

Eaton (in town)right here

8%20

Greenwood1.9 mi away

7%18

Eau Claire43.7 mi away

5%13

Marshfield22.1 mi away

3%8

Black River Falls32.3 mi away

2%6

Owen14.7 mi away

2%5

Stanley22.5 mi away

2%5

Medford30.3 mi away

2%5

Minneapolis, MN131.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%136

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

How far

How far Eaton commutes

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

23%

35%

20%

22%

23%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eaton is a job hub

2.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Eaton are

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

Jobs based in Eaton

527 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)98%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month87%

Jobs Eaton residents hold

248 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+3%

Jobs based in Eaton, 2013 → 2023: 512 → 527. 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.