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Work & commute · Sand Lake

Work & commute in Sand Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Sand Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are La Follette (12%), Webster (7%) and Spooner (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 209 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
19%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Sand Lake residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sand Lake.

207live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
13work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sand Lake goes to work

HinckleyAllenSirenWebsterTurtle LakeSpoonerShell LakeRice LakeLa FolletteMeenonSwissRuskScottDanielsWood RiverJacksonOaklandSand LakeLa FolletteWebsterSpoonerShell LakeRice LakeMeenonTurtle LakeScottSwissHinckleySand Lake
1
La Follette6.6 mi away
12%25
2
Webster6.6 mi away
7%15
3
Spooner16.7 mi away
7%14
4
Shell Lake18 mi away
4%9
5
Rice Lake35.1 mi away
4%8
6
Meenon4.9 mi away
4%8
7
Turtle Lake32.9 mi away
3%7
8
Scott8.3 mi away
3%7
9
Swiss11.5 mi away
2%5
10
Hinckley, MN34.5 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%107

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

How far

How far Sand Lake commutes

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

32%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
16%25–50 mi
27%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sand Lake is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sand Lake are

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

Jobs based in Sand Lake

15 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)60%
Trade, transport & utilities7%
Services (health, schools, offices…)33%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month67%
Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Sand Lake residents hold

209 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month50%
+200%

Jobs based in Sand Lake, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 15. 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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