Work & commute · Prescott

Work & commute in Prescott, WI

About one in 5 of Prescott’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hastings (9%), River Falls (9%) and Hudson (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

286 of 1,451 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,165 Prescott residents head out of town to work, 286 work right here, and 1,278 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prescott.

1,165live here, work elsewhere

286live and work here

1,278work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prescott goes to work

Prescott (in town)right here

20%286

Hastings, MN3.6 mi away

9%136

River Falls10.9 mi away

9%127

Hudson14.8 mi away

6%80

Cottage Grove, MN7.4 mi away

5%67

Red Wing, MN15 mi away

3%44

Rosemount, MN13.8 mi away

3%42

Eau Claire63.6 mi away

3%39

Menomonie44.1 mi away

2%36

Clifton5.4 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%564

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

How far

How far Prescott commutes

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

38%

33%

22%

38%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prescott is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Prescott are

1,564 jobs are based in Prescott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prescott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prescott

1,564 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Prescott residents hold

1,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+28%

Jobs based in Prescott, 2013 → 2023: 1,219 → 1,564. 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.