Work & commute · Pepin

Work & commute in Pepin, WI

Most working residents leave Pepin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pepin (10%), Menomonie (7%) and Durand (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 336 Pepin residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pepin.

336live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pepin goes to work

Pepin2.2 mi away

10%33

Menomonie30.8 mi away

7%24

Durand13.6 mi away

6%20

Eau Claire39.7 mi away

4%15

Wabasha, MN8.6 mi away

4%14

La Crosse63.9 mi away

4%14

Plum City11.4 mi away

4%13

Red Wing, MN24 mi away

3%11

Rochester, MN35.9 mi away

3%11

Waubeek15.6 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%177

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

How far

How far Pepin commutes

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

20%

26%

29%

24%

20%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pepin is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pepin are

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

Jobs based in Pepin

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Pepin residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+59%

Jobs based in Pepin, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 51. 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.