Work & commute · Murry

Work & commute in Murry, WI

Most working residents leave Murry for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rice Lake (11%), Ladysmith (8%) and Chetek (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 100 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 98 Murry residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Murry.

98live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Murry goes to work

Rice Lake23 mi away

11%11

Ladysmith14.1 mi away

8%8

Chetek26.3 mi away

6%6

Eau Claire55.3 mi away

5%5

Weyerhaeuser13.7 mi away

4%4

Birchwood12.6 mi away

4%4

Barron29.9 mi away

4%4

Wilson9.3 mi away

3%3

Hawkins29 mi away

2%2

Bruce9.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%51

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

How far

How far Murry commutes

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

32%

31%

30%

7%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Murry is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Murry are

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

Jobs based in Murry

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)81%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Murry residents hold

100 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+59%

Jobs based in Murry, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 27. 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.