Work & commute · Loyal

Work & commute in Loyal, WI

Most working residents leave Loyal for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Loyal (13%), Neillsville (6%) and Abbotsford (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 228 Loyal residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loyal.

228live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

91work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loyal goes to work

Loyal1.2 mi away

13%29

Neillsville11.9 mi away

6%14

Abbotsford17.9 mi away

4%10

Marshfield17 mi away

4%9

Beaver6.1 mi away

3%8

Spencer10.5 mi away

3%7

Unity9.7 mi away

3%7

Eaton5.2 mi away

3%7

Colby16.1 mi away

3%6

Eau Claire48.9 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%129

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

How far

How far Loyal commutes

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

32%

31%

11%

25%

32%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loyal is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Loyal are

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

Jobs based in Loyal

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Loyal residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+10%

Jobs based in Loyal, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 95. 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.