Work & commute · Round Lake

Work & commute in Round Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Round Lake for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Hayward (25%), Hayward (14%) and Eau Claire (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 397 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 365 Round Lake residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Round Lake.

365live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

161work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Round Lake goes to work

Hayward18.2 mi away

25%101

Hayward14.5 mi away

14%55

Round Lake (in town)right here

8%32

Eau Claire86.8 mi away

4%16

Rice Lake49.2 mi away

2%8

Superior64.2 mi away

2%8

Spider Lake3.7 mi away

2%8

Bass Lake17.3 mi away

2%8

Ashland38.8 mi away

2%7

Hunter9.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%147

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

How far

How far Round Lake commutes

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

26%

30%

35%

26%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Round Lake is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Round Lake are

193 jobs are based in Round Lake. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Round Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Round Lake

193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Round Lake residents hold

397 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+2%

Jobs based in Round Lake, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 193. 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.