Work & commute · Loyal

Work & commute in Loyal, WI

Most working residents leave Loyal for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Neillsville (6%), Abbotsford (5%) and Eaton (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

45 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 310 Loyal residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Loyal.

310live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Loyal goes to work

Loyal (in town)right here

13%45

Neillsville13.1 mi away

6%22

Abbotsford16.8 mi away

5%18

Eaton5.6 mi away

4%15

Marshfield16.7 mi away

4%13

Unity8.6 mi away

3%12

Loyal1.2 mi away

3%12

Sherman5.9 mi away

3%11

Curtiss15.2 mi away

2%8

Spencer9.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%191

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%

36%

22%

32%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Loyal is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Loyal are

487 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

487 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities57%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Loyal residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+58%

Jobs based in Loyal, 2013 → 2023: 309 → 487. 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.