Work & commute · Lake Hallie

Work & commute in Lake Hallie, WI

Most working residents leave Lake Hallie for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (31%), Chippewa Falls (20%) and Union (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

193 of 3,286 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 3,093 Lake Hallie residents head out of town to work, 193 work right here, and 3,295 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Hallie.

3,093live here, work elsewhere

193live and work here

3,295work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Hallie goes to work

Eau Claire5.9 mi away

31%1,016

Chippewa Falls3.6 mi away

20%657

Lake Hallie (in town)right here

6%193

Union10.3 mi away

5%157

Altoona6.2 mi away

4%123

Menomonie23.8 mi away

3%115

Lafayette6.5 mi away

2%61

Washington10.2 mi away

1%40

Bloomer15.2 mi away

1%38

La Crosse74.1 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%850

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

How far

How far Lake Hallie commutes

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

67%

12%

16%

67%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Hallie is balanced between jobs and homes

1.06jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.06 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Hallie are

3,488 jobs are based in Lake Hallie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Hallie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Hallie

3,488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Lake Hallie residents hold

3,286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+42%

Jobs based in Lake Hallie, 2013 → 2023: 2,452 → 3,488. 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.