Work & commute · Stone Lake

Work & commute in Stone Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Stone Lake for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hayward (14%), Rice Lake (10%) and Hayward (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 220 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 219 Stone Lake residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stone Lake.

219live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

44work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stone Lake goes to work

Hayward11.3 mi away

14%30

Rice Lake26.9 mi away

10%21

Hayward12.8 mi away

8%18

Spooner14.1 mi away

6%13

Birchwood14.2 mi away

5%11

Eau Claire72.2 mi away

3%6

Menomonie68.8 mi away

2%5

Superior62 mi away

2%5

Bass Lake5.6 mi away

2%5

Bass Lake9.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%101

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

How far

How far Stone Lake commutes

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

49%

13%

31%

7%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stone Lake 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 Stone Lake are

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

Jobs based in Stone Lake

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Stone Lake residents hold

220 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−41%

Jobs based in Stone Lake, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 45. 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.