Work & commute · River Falls

Work & commute in River Falls, WI

Most working residents leave River Falls for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are River Falls (16%), Hudson (7%) and Ellsworth (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 801 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 789 River Falls residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Falls.

789live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where River Falls goes to work

River Falls4 mi away

16%132

Hudson12.8 mi away

7%53

Ellsworth7.2 mi away

5%43

Menomonie32.9 mi away

4%33

Red Wing, MN16.3 mi away

3%22

Baldwin13.7 mi away

3%22

Prescott11.4 mi away

3%21

New Richmond21.4 mi away

2%20

Hudson12.5 mi away

2%20

Eau Claire52.9 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%416

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

How far

How far River Falls commutes

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

30%

35%

11%

24%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

River Falls 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 River Falls are

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

Jobs based in River Falls

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs River Falls residents hold

801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+29%

Jobs based in River Falls, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 121. 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.