Work & commute · Stark

Work & commute in Stark, WI

Most working residents leave Stark for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are La Crosse (10%), Sparta (7%) and La Farge (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 108 Stark residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stark.

108live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stark goes to work

La Crosse34.4 mi away

10%11

Sparta25.8 mi away

7%8

La Farge1.6 mi away

6%7

Viroqua13.8 mi away

6%7

Tomah24.6 mi away

5%5

St. Paul, MN154.7 mi away

4%4

Sheldon12.5 mi away

4%4

Cashton13.4 mi away

3%3

Tomah27.8 mi away

3%3

Onalaska35.9 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%54

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

How far

How far Stark commutes

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

10%

27%

31%

32%

10%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stark is a job hub

3.15jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stark are

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

Jobs based in Stark

343 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month86%

Jobs Stark residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+1391%

Jobs based in Stark, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 343. 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.