Work & commute · North Bend

Work & commute in North Bend, WI

Most working residents leave North Bend for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Black River Falls (18%), La Crosse (10%) and Tomah (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 229 working residents
Typical commute
22 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
38 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
7%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 229 North Bend residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Bend.

229live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
6work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where North Bend goes to work

St. PaulMerrillanWhitehallBlack River FallsBlairTomahSpartaOnalaskaLa CrosseFarmingtonFranklinEttrickBrockwayMelroseAlbionNorth BendNorthfieldIrvingBlack River FallsLa CrosseTomahBrockwayMelroseSpartaWhitehallBlairSt. PaulOnalaskaNorth Bend
1
Black River Falls18.9 mi away
18%41
2
La Crosse20.8 mi away
10%24
3
Tomah32.1 mi away
3%8
4
Brockway20.9 mi away
3%8
5
Melrose5.6 mi away
3%8
6
Sparta19.7 mi away
3%7
7
Whitehall19.9 mi away
3%6
8
Blair16.9 mi away
3%6
9
St. Paul, MN113.3 mi away
2%5
10
Onalaska16.2 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%111

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

How far

How far North Bend commutes

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

6%Under 10 mi
54%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

North Bend is a commuter town

0.03jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Bend are

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

Jobs based in North Bend

6 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)83%
$1,250 a month or less50%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs North Bend residents hold

229 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)28%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)49%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month58%
−79%

Jobs based in North Bend, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 6. 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.

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