Work & commute · Prairie Farm

Work & commute in Prairie Farm, WI

Most working residents leave Prairie Farm for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Barron (10%), Rice Lake (7%) and Turtle Lake (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 217 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 209 Prairie Farm residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prairie Farm.

209live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prairie Farm goes to work

Barron13.2 mi away

10%22

Rice Lake20.7 mi away

7%16

Turtle Lake13.5 mi away

6%13

Menomonie24.2 mi away

5%11

Eau Claire37.4 mi away

4%9

Turtle Lake8.9 mi away

4%9

Prairie Farm (in town)right here

4%8

Clear Lake14 mi away

2%5

Amery19.2 mi away

2%5

Maple Grove9.4 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%114

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

How far

How far Prairie Farm commutes

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

11%

48%

18%

22%

11%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prairie Farm is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Prairie Farm are

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

Jobs based in Prairie Farm

221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Prairie Farm residents hold

217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+11%

Jobs based in Prairie Farm, 2013 → 2023: 199 → 221. 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.