Work & commute · Star Prairie

Work & commute in Star Prairie, WI

Most working residents leave Star Prairie for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are New Richmond (9%), Somerset (6%) and Hudson (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 358 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 357 Star Prairie residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Star Prairie.

357live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

71work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Star Prairie goes to work

New Richmond5.1 mi away

9%32

Somerset8.5 mi away

6%23

Hudson18.8 mi away

6%20

Bayport, MN17.4 mi away

3%12

Stillwater, MN17.4 mi away

3%11

Amery11.1 mi away

3%10

Minneapolis, MN39.4 mi away

3%9

Osceola11.6 mi away

3%9

St. Croix Falls15.4 mi away

3%9

Richmond8.9 mi away

3%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%214

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

How far

How far Star Prairie commutes

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

23%

33%

28%

17%

23%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Star Prairie is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Star Prairie are

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

Jobs based in Star Prairie

72 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs Star Prairie residents hold

358 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+18%

Jobs based in Star Prairie, 2013 → 2023: 61 → 72. 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.