Work & commute · Galesville

Work & commute in Galesville, WI

Most working residents leave Galesville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (20%), Whitehall (7%) and Onalaska (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 892 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 832 Galesville residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 602 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Galesville.

832live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

602work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Galesville goes to work

La Crosse19.1 mi away

20%179

Whitehall19.1 mi away

7%66

Onalaska15.4 mi away

7%66

Winona, MN15.6 mi away

7%64

Galesville (in town)right here

7%60

Holmen9 mi away

3%24

Ettrick7.5 mi away

2%20

Eau Claire51.2 mi away

2%20

Arcadia13.2 mi away

2%18

Rochester, MN55.9 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%363

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

How far

How far Galesville commutes

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

14%

54%

24%

14%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Galesville is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Galesville are

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

Jobs based in Galesville

662 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Galesville residents hold

892 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−15%

Jobs based in Galesville, 2013 → 2023: 780 → 662. 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.