Work & commute · Elk Mound

Work & commute in Elk Mound, WI

Most working residents leave Elk Mound for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (26%), Menomonie (16%) and Union (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 500 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 492 Elk Mound residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Mound.

492live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elk Mound goes to work

Eau Claire10.1 mi away

26%130

Menomonie11 mi away

16%81

Union6.3 mi away

4%21

Chippewa Falls15.1 mi away

4%19

Altoona13.1 mi away

3%15

Marshfield75.7 mi away

3%13

Spring Brook5.4 mi away

2%11

Elk Mound (in town)right here

2%8

St. Paul, MN69.6 mi away

1%7

Hudson51.5 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%189

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.

28%

41%

24%

28%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Mound is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Mound are

282 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

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Elk Mound residents hold

500 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+27%

Jobs based in Elk Mound, 2013 → 2023: 222 → 282. 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.