Work & commute · Lake

Work & commute in Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Park Falls (26%), Phillips (13%) and Fifield (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 433 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 427 Lake residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake.

427live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

33work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake goes to work

Park Falls5.8 mi away

26%112

Phillips17.4 mi away

13%56

Fifield16.9 mi away

3%14

Eau Claire88.6 mi away

3%11

Lac du Flambeau33 mi away

3%11

Madison203.5 mi away

2%10

Ashland48 mi away

2%9

Minocqua33.2 mi away

2%9

Ladysmith40.9 mi away

2%7

Medford55.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%187

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

How far

How far Lake commutes

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

32%

18%

16%

34%

32%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake are

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

Jobs based in Lake

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Lake residents hold

433 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−40%

Jobs based in Lake, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 39. 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.