Work & commute · Neillsville

Work & commute in Neillsville, WI

40% of Neillsville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Eaton (4%), Eau Claire (3%) and Marshfield (2%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

351 of 883 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 532 Neillsville residents head out of town to work, 351 work right here, and 1,613 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Neillsville.

532live here, work elsewhere

351live and work here

1,613work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Neillsville goes to work

Neillsville (in town)right here

40%351

Eaton12.4 mi away

4%35

Eau Claire47.8 mi away

3%25

Marshfield21.8 mi away

2%22

Levis6.5 mi away

2%19

Pine Valley1.6 mi away

2%19

Black River Falls21.7 mi away

2%17

Fremont12.5 mi away

1%11

La Crosse59.7 mi away

1%10

Brockway20.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%364

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

How far

How far Neillsville commutes

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

49%

17%

12%

23%

49%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Neillsville is a job hub

2.22jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Neillsville are

1,964 jobs are based in Neillsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Neillsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Neillsville

1,964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Neillsville residents hold

883 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−14%

Jobs based in Neillsville, 2013 → 2023: 2,290 → 1,964. 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.