Work & commute · Siren

Work & commute in Siren, WI

Most working residents leave Siren for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Siren (15%), Grantsburg (8%) and Webster (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 376 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 Siren residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Siren.

365live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Siren goes to work

Siren2.5 mi away

15%56

Grantsburg16.7 mi away

8%31

Webster7.7 mi away

6%22

Meenon5.5 mi away

5%20

Swiss17.6 mi away

4%14

Frederic10.3 mi away

3%12

La Follette4.2 mi away

3%12

Siren (in town)right here

3%11

Wood River12.6 mi away

2%8

Duluth, MN70 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%183

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

How far

How far Siren commutes

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

37%

22%

13%

28%

37%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Siren is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Siren are

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

Jobs based in Siren

228 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities56%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Siren residents hold

376 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+57%

Jobs based in Siren, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 228. 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.