Work & commute · El Paso

Work & commute in El Paso, WI

Most working residents leave El Paso for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Red Wing (12%), Ellsworth (7%) and Plum City (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 298 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 294 El Paso residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in El Paso.

294live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

28work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where El Paso goes to work

Red Wing, MN17.7 mi away

12%36

Ellsworth8 mi away

7%20

Plum City9.2 mi away

6%18

River Falls17.4 mi away

4%13

Menomonie22.6 mi away

3%10

Hudson25.7 mi away

3%8

Salem6.5 mi away

3%8

Eau Claire40.8 mi away

2%6

Madison183.3 mi away

2%6

Bayport, MN29.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%168

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

How far

How far El Paso commutes

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

17%

40%

20%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

El Paso is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in El Paso are

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

Jobs based in El Paso

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month81%

Jobs El Paso residents hold

298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−6%

Jobs based in El Paso, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 32. 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.