Work & commute · Little Black

Work & commute in Little Black, WI

Most working residents leave Little Black for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (35%), Abbotsford (5%) and Dorchester (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 465 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 445 Little Black residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Little Black.

445live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Little Black goes to work

Medford4.6 mi away

35%162

Abbotsford9.2 mi away

5%21

Little Black (in town)right here

4%20

Dorchester5.1 mi away

3%15

Marathon City26.8 mi away

3%14

Colby11.3 mi away

3%12

Wausau35.9 mi away

2%10

Eau Claire57.9 mi away

2%10

Owen12.7 mi away

2%9

Deer Creek5.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%185

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

How far

How far Little Black commutes

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

52%

14%

12%

22%

52%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Little Black is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Little Black are

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

Jobs based in Little Black

221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Little Black residents hold

465 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+32%

Jobs based in Little Black, 2013 → 2023: 168 → 221. 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.