Work & commute · Hawkins

Work & commute in Hawkins, WI

Most working residents leave Hawkins for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Ladysmith (28%), Eau Claire (5%) and Chippewa Falls (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 131 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 123 Hawkins residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 510 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hawkins.

123live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

510work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hawkins goes to work

Ladysmith18.8 mi away

28%37

Hawkins (in town)right here

6%8

Eau Claire61.1 mi away

5%7

Chippewa Falls51.6 mi away

4%5

Bloomer47.1 mi away

3%4

Tony13.7 mi away

2%3

Stanley49.1 mi away

2%3

Richland3 mi away

2%3

Glen Flora8.6 mi away

2%2

Rhinelander62.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%57

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

How far

How far Hawkins commutes

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

12%

37%

14%

37%

12%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hawkins is a job hub

3.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hawkins are

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

Jobs based in Hawkins

518 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)4%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month82%

Jobs Hawkins residents hold

131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+13%

Jobs based in Hawkins, 2013 → 2023: 458 → 518. 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.