Work & commute · Ellsworth

Work & commute in Ellsworth, WI

About one in 4 of Ellsworth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Red Wing (9%), River Falls (7%) and Hudson (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

332 of 1,471 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,139 Ellsworth residents head out of town to work, 332 work right here, and 1,316 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellsworth.

1,139live here, work elsewhere

332live and work here

1,316work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellsworth goes to work

Ellsworth (in town)right here

23%332

Red Wing, MN12.3 mi away

9%135

River Falls11.2 mi away

7%96

Hudson19.9 mi away

6%94

Eau Claire48.7 mi away

3%42

Rosemount, MN28.9 mi away

2%31

Baldwin16 mi away

2%29

Prescott15.2 mi away

2%28

Ellsworth2.8 mi away

2%24

Cottage Grove, MN21.9 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%637

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

How far

How far Ellsworth commutes

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

28%

38%

15%

19%

28%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellsworth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellsworth are

1,648 jobs are based in Ellsworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellsworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellsworth

1,648 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ellsworth residents hold

1,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+17%

Jobs based in Ellsworth, 2013 → 2023: 1,409 → 1,648. 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.