Work & commute · Fall Creek

Work & commute in Fall Creek, WI

Most working residents leave Fall Creek for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (37%), Altoona (6%) and Osseo (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 591 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 546 Fall Creek residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fall Creek.

546live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fall Creek goes to work

Eau Claire11.3 mi away

37%216

Fall Creek (in town)right here

8%45

Altoona8.3 mi away

6%36

Osseo13.1 mi away

5%27

Chippewa Falls13 mi away

4%26

Lake Hallie11.2 mi away

3%18

Union16.1 mi away

3%18

Washington6.3 mi away

2%12

Augusta9.7 mi away

2%11

La Crosse64.9 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%171

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

How far

How far Fall Creek commutes

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

30%

47%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fall Creek is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fall Creek are

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

Jobs based in Fall Creek

375 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Fall Creek residents hold

591 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−15%

Jobs based in Fall Creek, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 375. 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.