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Work & commute in Eureka, WI

Most working residents leave Eureka for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are St. Croix Falls (11%), Osceola (5%) and Grantsburg (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
29 of 972 working residents
Typical commute
28 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
32 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 943 Eureka residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eureka.

943live here, work elsewhere
29live and work here
183work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Eureka goes to work

St. PaulMinneapolisCenturiaDresserLuckBalsam LakeGrantsburgOsceolaSt. Croix FallsHazeltonAmadorEurekaGarfieldFarmingtonSt. Croix FallsLaketownBalsam LakeMilltownSterlingSt. Croix FallsOsceolaGrantsburgLuckDresserMilltownSt. PaulMinneapolisBalsam LakeEureka
1
St. Croix Falls7.4 mi away
11%105
2
Osceola14.4 mi away
5%49
3
Eureka (in town)right here
3%29
4
Grantsburg18.6 mi away
3%28
5
Luck8.1 mi away
3%25
6
Dresser10.8 mi away
2%24
7
Milltown7.3 mi away
2%24
8
St. Paul, MN46.1 mi away
2%22
9
Minneapolis, MN50 mi away
2%22
10
Balsam Lake8.3 mi away
2%22
Everywhere elseother towns and states
64%622

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

How far

How far Eureka commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
23%10–24 mi
26%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Eureka is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eureka are

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

Jobs based in Eureka

212 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)47%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Eureka residents hold

972 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)33%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month58%
+203%

Jobs based in Eureka, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 212. 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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