Work & commute · Spring Lake

Work & commute in Spring Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Spring Lake for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Elmwood (9%), Spring Valley (9%) and Menomonie (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 281 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 277 Spring Lake residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Lake.

277live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Lake goes to work

Elmwood3.2 mi away

9%26

Spring Valley3.6 mi away

9%25

Menomonie15 mi away

9%24

Baldwin13 mi away

6%16

Ellsworth14.8 mi away

4%11

River Falls21.3 mi away

3%9

La Crosse83.4 mi away

3%9

Hudson28.1 mi away

3%8

Eau Claire34.4 mi away

3%8

Hudson26.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%138

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

How far

How far Spring Lake commutes

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

23%

34%

20%

23%

23%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Lake is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Lake are

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

Jobs based in Spring Lake

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Spring Lake residents hold

281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+28%

Jobs based in Spring Lake, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 64. 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.