Work & commute · Gordon

Work & commute in Gordon, WI

Most working residents leave Gordon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mellen (25%), Park Falls (12%) and Ashland (11%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 97 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 96 Gordon residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gordon.

96live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

57work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gordon goes to work

Mellen11 mi away

25%24

Park Falls22.4 mi away

12%12

Ashland28.5 mi away

11%11

Phillips37.4 mi away

3%3

Iron River38.6 mi away

3%3

Chicago, IL336.4 mi away

2%2

Cloquet, MN91.3 mi away

2%2

St. Paul, MN141.9 mi away

2%2

Marathon City96.1 mi away

2%2

La Crosse164.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%34

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

How far

How far Gordon commutes

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

13%

25%

26%

36%

13%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gordon is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gordon are

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

Jobs based in Gordon

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Gordon residents hold

97 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+71%

Jobs based in Gordon, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 58. 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.