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Work & commute · River Falls

Work & commute in River Falls, WI

About one in 4 of River Falls’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hudson (12%), St. Paul (3%) and Hudson (2%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
24%
1,557 of 6,433 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
12%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,876 River Falls residents head out of town to work, 1,557 work right here, and 4,020 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in River Falls.

4,876live here, work elsewhere
1,557live and work here
4,020work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where River Falls goes to work

WoodburySt. PaulMinneapolisPrescottEllsworthHudsonRiver FallsMenomonieEau ClaireMadisonHudsonKinnickinnicTroyRiver FallsHudsonSt. PaulHudsonMenomoniePrescottEllsworthEau ClaireMadisonMinneapolisRiver Falls
1
River Falls (in town)right here
24%1,557
2
Hudson8.8 mi away
12%744
3
St. Paul, MN24.2 mi away
3%188
4
Hudson8.8 mi away
2%158
5
Menomonie35.1 mi away
2%146
6
Prescott10.9 mi away
2%133
7
Ellsworth11.2 mi away
2%115
8
Eau Claire55.5 mi away
2%115
9
Madison200.6 mi away
1%95
10
Minneapolis, MN32.2 mi away
1%91
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%3,091

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.

39%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
11%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

River Falls is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in River Falls are

5,577 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

5,577 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs River Falls residents hold

6,433 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+12%

Jobs based in River Falls, 2013 → 2023: 4,974 → 5,577. 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.

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