Work & commute · New Richmond

Work & commute in New Richmond, WI

Most working residents leave New Richmond for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Hudson (8%), St. Paul (4%) and Somerset (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

997 of 5,535 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,538 New Richmond residents head out of town to work, 997 work right here, and 3,846 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Richmond.

4,538live here, work elsewhere

997live and work here

3,846work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Richmond goes to work

New Richmond (in town)right here

18%997

Hudson14.3 mi away

8%440

St. Paul, MN29.8 mi away

4%197

Somerset6.1 mi away

3%168

Stillwater, MN14.5 mi away

3%156

Menomonie35.2 mi away

3%152

Minneapolis, MN36.9 mi away

3%147

Hudson11.6 mi away

3%141

Bayport, MN13.6 mi away

3%140

Oak Park Heights, MN14.3 mi away

2%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,889

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

How far

How far New Richmond commutes

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

25%

33%

26%

16%

25%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Richmond is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Richmond are

4,843 jobs are based in New Richmond. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Richmond

4,843 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs New Richmond residents hold

5,535 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+19%

Jobs based in New Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 4,066 → 4,843. 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.