Work & commute · Rock Elm

Work & commute in Rock Elm, WI

Most working residents leave Rock Elm for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elmwood (10%), Spring Valley (9%) and Menomonie (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 246 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 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 244 Rock Elm residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Elm.

244live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Elm goes to work

Elmwood4.7 mi away

10%24

Spring Valley9.3 mi away

9%22

Menomonie18.3 mi away

7%16

River Falls23.1 mi away

5%13

Eau Claire35.2 mi away

5%12

Ellsworth13.9 mi away

4%11

Baldwin18.2 mi away

4%10

Hudson31 mi away

4%9

La Crosse78.4 mi away

2%6

Red Wing, MN22.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%118

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

How far

How far Rock Elm commutes

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

24%

35%

22%

19%

24%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Elm is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Elm are

27 jobs are based in Rock Elm. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rock Elm’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rock Elm

27 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Rock Elm residents hold

246 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+80%

Jobs based in Rock Elm, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 27. 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.