Work & commute · Eileen

Work & commute in Eileen, WI

Most working residents leave Eileen for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ashland (34%), Washburn (5%) and White River (3%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 343 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 327 Eileen residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eileen.

327live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eileen goes to work

Ashland6.5 mi away

34%118

Washburn10.4 mi away

5%17

Eileen (in town)right here

5%16

White River8.9 mi away

3%9

Drummond20.7 mi away

2%8

Kelly5.7 mi away

2%8

Cable27.7 mi away

2%8

Superior52.6 mi away

2%7

Iron River17.5 mi away

2%7

Mellen21.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%140

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

How far

How far Eileen commutes

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

49%

14%

28%

49%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eileen is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eileen are

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

Jobs based in Eileen

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Eileen residents hold

343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+186%

Jobs based in Eileen, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 260. 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.