Work & commute · Irving

Work & commute in Irving, WI

Most working residents leave Irving for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Black River Falls (18%), La Crosse (7%) and Sparta (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 359 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 356 Irving residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irving.

356live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irving goes to work

Black River Falls9.2 mi away

18%66

La Crosse29.1 mi away

7%26

Sparta19.8 mi away

5%17

Eau Claire49.9 mi away

4%15

Brockway11.2 mi away

3%12

Whitehall21.4 mi away

3%11

Melrose6.4 mi away

3%10

Tomah27.4 mi away

3%9

Onalaska24.7 mi away

3%9

Galesville21.1 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%178

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

How far

How far Irving commutes

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

20%

29%

23%

28%

20%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irving is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Irving are

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

Jobs based in Irving

29 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities48%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Irving residents hold

359 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+222%

Jobs based in Irving, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 29. 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.