Work & commute · Erin Prairie

Work & commute in Erin Prairie, WI

Most working residents leave Erin Prairie for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New Richmond (12%), Hudson (9%) and Minneapolis (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 391 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 388 Erin Prairie residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Erin Prairie.

388live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Erin Prairie goes to work

New Richmond7 mi away

12%46

Hudson16.6 mi away

9%35

Minneapolis, MN41.8 mi away

6%22

St. Paul, MN34.2 mi away

5%21

Stillwater, MN19.7 mi away

4%16

Bayport, MN17.7 mi away

3%13

Menomonie28.2 mi away

3%12

Richmond6.9 mi away

3%11

Hudson13.6 mi away

2%9

Oak Park Heights, MN18.9 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%198

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

How far

How far Erin Prairie commutes

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

20%

35%

31%

15%

20%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Erin Prairie is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Erin Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Erin Prairie

48 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Erin Prairie residents hold

391 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+92%

Jobs based in Erin Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 48. 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.