Work & commute · Menomonie

Work & commute in Menomonie, WI

41% of Menomonie’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (10%), Hudson (2%) and Union (2%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

2,762 of 6,748 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 3,986 Menomonie residents head out of town to work, 2,762 work right here, and 11,680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Menomonie.

3,986live here, work elsewhere

2,762live and work here

11,680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Menomonie goes to work

Menomonie (in town)right here

41%2,762

Eau Claire20.9 mi away

10%647

Hudson40.5 mi away

2%122

Union16.2 mi away

2%108

Marshfield86.7 mi away

2%103

St. Paul, MN58.6 mi away

1%92

Chippewa Falls25.7 mi away

1%90

Minneapolis, MN66.7 mi away

1%80

Baldwin23 mi away

1%80

Menomonie3 mi away

1%67

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,597

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

How far

How far Menomonie commutes

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

43%

18%

12%

27%

43%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Menomonie is a job hub

2.14jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Menomonie are

14,442 jobs are based in Menomonie. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Menomonie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Menomonie

14,442 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Menomonie residents hold

6,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+21%

Jobs based in Menomonie, 2013 → 2023: 11,893 → 14,442. 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.