Work & commute · Rush River

Work & commute in Rush River, WI

Most working residents leave Rush River for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Hudson (10%), St. Paul (9%) and Baldwin (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 258 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 255 Rush River residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rush River.

255live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

237work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rush River goes to work

Hudson16.4 mi away

10%26

St. Paul, MN34.3 mi away

9%24

Baldwin3.8 mi away

7%18

Minneapolis, MN42.4 mi away

6%15

Hudson14.2 mi away

5%14

River Falls11.2 mi away

5%13

Woodville6.6 mi away

2%5

Roseville, MN37.4 mi away

2%4

Maplewood, MN31.6 mi away

2%4

Bloomington, MN44.8 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%131

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

How far

How far Rush River commutes

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

15%

29%

39%

17%

15%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

39%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rush River is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rush River are

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

Jobs based in Rush River

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Rush River residents hold

258 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+189%

Jobs based in Rush River, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 240. 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.