Work & commute · Hixton

Work & commute in Hixton, WI

Most working residents leave Hixton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Black River Falls (13%), Eau Claire (11%) and Whitehall (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 184 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 178 Hixton residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hixton.

178live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hixton goes to work

Black River Falls10.5 mi away

13%24

Eau Claire38.2 mi away

11%20

Whitehall16 mi away

8%15

Osseo16.8 mi away

7%12

Brockway13.7 mi away

4%7

Hixton (in town)right here

3%6

Onalaska35.3 mi away

2%4

La Crosse39.9 mi away

2%4

Taylor6.7 mi away

2%3

Curran4.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%86

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

How far

How far Hixton commutes

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

18%

32%

27%

23%

18%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hixton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hixton are

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

Jobs based in Hixton

160 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities86%

Services (health, schools, offices…)5%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Hixton residents hold

184 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+52%

Jobs based in Hixton, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 160. 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.