Work & commute · Elmwood

Work & commute in Elmwood, WI

Most working residents leave Elmwood for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Spring Valley (9%), Menomonie (8%) and Baldwin (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

53 of 410 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 357 Elmwood residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 418 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmwood.

357live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

418work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmwood goes to work

Elmwood (in town)right here

13%53

Spring Valley6.8 mi away

9%38

Menomonie13.9 mi away

8%32

Baldwin16.2 mi away

7%27

River Falls24 mi away

4%16

Ellsworth16.5 mi away

3%14

Hudson31.2 mi away

3%14

Eau Claire32.2 mi away

3%13

Woodville13.4 mi away

3%11

Madison178.8 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%183

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

How far

How far Elmwood commutes

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

24%

35%

19%

21%

24%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmwood is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmwood are

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

Jobs based in Elmwood

471 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Elmwood residents hold

410 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+49%

Jobs based in Elmwood, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 471. 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.