Work & commute · Lima

Work & commute in Lima, WI

Most working residents leave Lima for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Durand (15%), Eau Claire (9%) and Menomonie (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 364 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 340 Lima residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lima.

340live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lima goes to work

Durand6.2 mi away

15%55

Eau Claire21.3 mi away

9%34

Menomonie18.5 mi away

8%28

Lima (in town)right here

7%24

Mondovi9.2 mi away

6%22

Durand4.7 mi away

4%13

La Crosse63.1 mi away

2%7

Waubeek7.3 mi away

2%7

Union17 mi away

2%7

Altoona22.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%161

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

How far

How far Lima commutes

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

32%

30%

11%

27%

32%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lima is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lima are

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

Jobs based in Lima

324 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Lima residents hold

364 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+113%

Jobs based in Lima, 2013 → 2023: 152 → 324. 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.