Work & commute · Spring Brook

Work & commute in Spring Brook, WI

Most working residents leave Spring Brook for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (26%), Menomonie (20%) and Union (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 831 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 823 Spring Brook residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Brook.

823live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Brook goes to work

Eau Claire12.1 mi away

26%213

Menomonie10 mi away

20%166

Union7 mi away

5%39

Chippewa Falls19.4 mi away

4%34

Altoona14.8 mi away

3%29

Elk Mound5.4 mi away

3%25

Elk Mound6.9 mi away

2%13

Lake Hallie16.5 mi away

1%9

Red Cedar7.8 mi away

1%9

Hudson49.6 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%286

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

How far

How far Spring Brook commutes

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

33%

41%

21%

33%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Brook is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Brook are

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

Jobs based in Spring Brook

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)52%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Spring Brook residents hold

831 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−2%

Jobs based in Spring Brook, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 130. 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.