Work & commute · Mellen

Work & commute in Mellen, WI

About one in 4 of Mellen’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ashland (15%), Park Falls (6%) and Eau Claire (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

68 of 274 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 206 Mellen residents head out of town to work, 68 work right here, and 360 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mellen.

206live here, work elsewhere

68live and work here

360work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mellen goes to work

Mellen (in town)right here

25%68

Ashland20.5 mi away

15%40

Park Falls28.7 mi away

6%17

Eau Claire111.6 mi away

3%7

Madison231.6 mi away

3%7

Marshfield117.2 mi away

2%6

Hayward45.3 mi away

2%5

Ladysmith63.2 mi away

2%5

Superior72.2 mi away

2%5

Gordon11 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%109

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

How far

How far Mellen commutes

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

25%

22%

17%

36%

25%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mellen is a job hub

1.56jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Mellen are

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

Jobs based in Mellen

428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Mellen residents hold

274 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−3%

Jobs based in Mellen, 2013 → 2023: 443 → 428. 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.