Work & commute · Lake Holcombe

Work & commute in Lake Holcombe, WI

Most working residents leave Lake Holcombe for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (17%), Chippewa Falls (9%) and Bloomer (7%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 356 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 350 Lake Holcombe residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Holcombe.

350live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Holcombe goes to work

Eau Claire35.2 mi away

17%59

Chippewa Falls25.7 mi away

9%31

Bloomer22.1 mi away

7%24

Cornell6 mi away

5%17

Stanley20.1 mi away

4%14

Lake Hallie29.3 mi away

3%10

Thorp23.4 mi away

3%9

Menomonie47.1 mi away

3%9

Lake Holcombe (in town)right here

2%6

Gilman14.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%172

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

How far

How far Lake Holcombe commutes

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

30%

40%

22%

8%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Holcombe is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Holcombe are

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

Jobs based in Lake Holcombe

233 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Lake Holcombe residents hold

356 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+104%

Jobs based in Lake Holcombe, 2013 → 2023: 114 → 233. 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.