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Work & commute in Elk Mound, WI

Most working residents leave Elk Mound for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (24%), Menomonie (18%) and Union (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
5 of 864 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 859 Elk Mound residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Mound.

859live here, work elsewhere
5live and work here
210work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elk Mound goes to work

MinneapolisColfaxElk MoundMondoviAltoonaHudsonChippewa FallsMenomonieLake HallieEau ClaireTainterElk MoundRock CreekUnionWheatonSpring BrookColfaxRed CedarEau ClaireMenomonieUnionChippewa FallsElk MoundAltoonaColfaxMinneapolisHudsonLake HallieElk Mound
1
Eau Claire12.1 mi away
24%206
2
Menomonie9.8 mi away
18%157
3
Union8.7 mi away
5%39
4
Chippewa Falls15.9 mi away
3%25
5
Elk Mound2.4 mi away
3%24
6
Altoona15.1 mi away
2%19
7
Colfax6.4 mi away
2%14
8
Minneapolis, MN76.3 mi away
1%12
9
Hudson50 mi away
1%11
10
Lake Hallie14.1 mi away
1%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%346

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

How far

How far Elk Mound commutes

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

26%Under 10 mi
42%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Mound is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Mound are

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

Jobs based in Elk Mound

215 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities48%
Services (health, schools, offices…)22%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Elk Mound residents hold

864 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+26%

Jobs based in Elk Mound, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 215. 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.

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