Work & commute · Gale

Work & commute in Gale, WI

Most working residents leave Gale for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (18%), Winona (9%) and Whitehall (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 934 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 926 Gale residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gale.

926live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gale goes to work

La Crosse19.6 mi away

18%171

Winona, MN18.8 mi away

9%85

Whitehall17.9 mi away

7%67

Onalaska15.4 mi away

7%66

Galesville3.4 mi away

7%62

Holmen9.3 mi away

3%24

Trempealeau9.5 mi away

2%20

Arcadia14 mi away

2%19

Trempealeau9.6 mi away

2%18

Goodview, MN21.1 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%385

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

How far

How far Gale commutes

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

14%

56%

22%

14%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gale is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gale are

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

Jobs based in Gale

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Gale residents hold

934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+82%

Jobs based in Gale, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 140. 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.