Work & commute · Ruby

Work & commute in Ruby, WI

Most working residents leave Ruby for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Stanley (17%), Eau Claire (11%) and Chippewa Falls (10%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 186 Ruby residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ruby.

186live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

87work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ruby goes to work

Stanley17.6 mi away

17%32

Eau Claire35.8 mi away

11%20

Chippewa Falls26.4 mi away

10%19

Thorp20.3 mi away

7%13

Gilman10.6 mi away

3%5

Menomonie49 mi away

3%5

Cadott19.2 mi away

2%4

Marshfield55.9 mi away

2%4

La Crosse96.2 mi away

2%4

Sigel22.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%77

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

How far

How far Ruby commutes

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

38%

32%

27%

3%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ruby is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ruby are

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

Jobs based in Ruby

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)91%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Ruby residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+203%

Jobs based in Ruby, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 88. 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.