Work & commute · Siren

Work & commute in Siren, WI

Most working residents leave Siren for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Grantsburg (7%), Siren (6%) and Frederic (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

60 of 347 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 287 Siren residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 608 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Siren.

287live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

608work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Siren goes to work

Siren (in town)right here

17%60

Grantsburg14.2 mi away

7%23

Siren2.5 mi away

6%21

Frederic9.5 mi away

4%14

Meenon5.7 mi away

3%10

Webster7.1 mi away

3%9

St. Croix Falls27.9 mi away

3%9

Swiss17.5 mi away

2%8

Eau Claire79.1 mi away

2%7

Wood River10.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%179

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.

36%

20%

13%

32%

36%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Siren is a job hub

1.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Siren are

668 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

668 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Siren residents hold

347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+28%

Jobs based in Siren, 2013 → 2023: 523 → 668. 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.