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Work & commute · Sigel

Work & commute in Sigel, WI

Most working residents leave Sigel for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (20%), Chippewa Falls (16%) and Cadott (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
4 of 421 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
29 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
11%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 417 Sigel residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sigel.

417live here, work elsewhere
4live and work here
138work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sigel goes to work

BoydCadottCornellStanleyAltoonaChippewa FallsMenomonieLake HallieLa CrosseEau ClaireGoetzSigelLafayetteLudingtonColburnUnionEdsonEau ClaireChippewa FallsCadottStanleyLake HallieAltoonaLafayetteMenomonieUnionLa CrosseSigel
1
Eau Claire16.8 mi away
20%84
2
Chippewa Falls10.8 mi away
16%66
3
Cadott3.4 mi away
5%19
4
Stanley11.6 mi away
4%18
5
Lake Hallie12.4 mi away
4%17
6
Altoona14.9 mi away
3%12
7
Lafayette6 mi away
3%11
8
Menomonie36.1 mi away
2%9
9
Union21.9 mi away
2%9
10
La Crosse74.5 mi away
2%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
40%168

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

How far

How far Sigel commutes

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

16%Under 10 mi
53%10–24 mi
9%25–50 mi
23%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sigel is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sigel are

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

Jobs based in Sigel

142 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)44%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sigel residents hold

421 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)29%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month61%
+168%

Jobs based in Sigel, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 142. 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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