Work & commute · Pepin

Work & commute in Pepin, WI

Most working residents leave Pepin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Durand (10%), Menomonie (6%) and Wabasha (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 318 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 300 Pepin residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pepin.

300live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pepin goes to work

Durand15.5 mi away

10%33

Menomonie33 mi away

6%20

Pepin (in town)right here

6%18

Wabasha, MN7.1 mi away

5%17

Waubeek17.6 mi away

5%15

Red Wing, MN24.5 mi away

4%12

Eau Claire41.3 mi away

4%12

Mondovi25.3 mi away

3%11

Rochester, MN33.8 mi away

3%9

Madison164.8 mi away

3%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%163

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.

16%

32%

27%

25%

16%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pepin is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pepin are

185 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

185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Pepin residents hold

318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−32%

Jobs based in Pepin, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 185. 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.