Work & commute · New Auburn

Work & commute in New Auburn, WI

Most working residents leave New Auburn for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (17%), Bloomer (12%) and Chippewa Falls (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 205 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 204 New Auburn residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Auburn.

204live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Auburn goes to work

Eau Claire26.5 mi away

17%34

Bloomer7.6 mi away

12%25

Chippewa Falls20.2 mi away

7%15

Chetek9.1 mi away

5%11

Menomonie27.2 mi away

5%11

Woodmohr9.5 mi away

3%7

Barron19.5 mi away

2%5

Rice Lake21.6 mi away

2%5

La Crosse96.4 mi away

2%5

Altoona28.2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%83

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

How far

How far New Auburn commutes

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

22%

26%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Auburn is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Auburn are

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

Jobs based in New Auburn

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs New Auburn residents hold

205 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−36%

Jobs based in New Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 194. 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.