Work & commute · Park Falls

Work & commute in Park Falls, WI

About one in 3 of Park Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Phillips (9%), Lac du Flambeau (2%) and Eau Claire (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

393 of 1,022 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 629 Park Falls residents head out of town to work, 393 work right here, and 1,260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Park Falls.

629live here, work elsewhere

393live and work here

1,260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Park Falls goes to work

Park Falls (in town)right here

38%393

Phillips16.9 mi away

9%92

Lac du Flambeau27.2 mi away

2%24

Eau Claire92.6 mi away

2%23

Fifield11.9 mi away

2%23

Superior94 mi away

2%22

Medford55.6 mi away

2%17

Rhinelander53.2 mi away

2%17

Butternut5.9 mi away

2%16

Rice Lake70 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%381

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

How far

How far Park Falls commutes

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

44%

13%

10%

34%

44%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Park Falls is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Park Falls are

1,653 jobs are based in Park Falls. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Park Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Park Falls

1,653 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Park Falls residents hold

1,022 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−5%

Jobs based in Park Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,747 → 1,653. 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.