Work & commute · Holmen

Work & commute in Holmen, WI

Most working residents leave Holmen for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (42%), Onalaska (15%) and West Salem (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

493 of 5,210 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,717 Holmen residents head out of town to work, 493 work right here, and 2,238 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Holmen.

4,717live here, work elsewhere

493live and work here

2,238work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Holmen goes to work

La Crosse10.3 mi away

42%2,189

Onalaska6.4 mi away

15%794

Holmen (in town)right here

9%493

West Salem10.2 mi away

3%136

Onalaska2.6 mi away

2%123

Madison110.4 mi away

2%98

Sparta22.7 mi away

1%78

Winona, MN20.7 mi away

1%61

Eau Claire59.6 mi away

1%61

Campbell6 mi away

1%56

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%1,121

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

How far

How far Holmen commutes

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

53%

27%

17%

53%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Holmen is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Holmen are

2,731 jobs are based in Holmen. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Holmen’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Holmen

2,731 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Holmen residents hold

5,210 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+12%

Jobs based in Holmen, 2013 → 2023: 2,439 → 2,731. 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.