Work & commute · Eau Pleine

Work & commute in Eau Pleine, WI

Most working residents leave Eau Pleine for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Marshfield (32%), Stratford (14%) and Wausau (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 375 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

49%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 368 Eau Pleine residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 80 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eau Pleine.

368live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

80work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eau Pleine goes to work

Marshfield10.6 mi away

32%121

Stratford3.3 mi away

14%52

Wausau25.9 mi away

6%24

Marathon City16.3 mi away

3%13

Spencer9.1 mi away

2%7

Eau Pleine (in town)right here

2%7

Stevens Point34.9 mi away

2%6

Weston29.1 mi away

2%6

Madison124.4 mi away

2%6

Wisconsin Rapids32.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%128

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

How far

How far Eau Pleine commutes

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

34%

13%

18%

34%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eau Pleine is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eau Pleine are

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

Jobs based in Eau Pleine

87 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Eau Pleine residents hold

375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−31%

Jobs based in Eau Pleine, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 87. 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.