Work & commute · Strum

Work & commute in Strum, WI

Most working residents leave Strum for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (18%), Whitehall (11%) and Osseo (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35 of 539 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 504 Strum residents head out of town to work, 35 work right here, and 254 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Strum.

504live here, work elsewhere

35live and work here

254work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Strum goes to work

Eau Claire19 mi away

18%99

Whitehall13.5 mi away

11%59

Strum (in town)right here

6%35

Osseo8.8 mi away

6%34

La Crosse51 mi away

3%18

Eleva4.3 mi away

3%16

Chippewa Falls26.4 mi away

3%16

Mondovi13.7 mi away

2%11

Altoona17.2 mi away

2%10

Union20.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%231

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

How far

How far Strum commutes

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

19%

41%

12%

28%

19%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Strum is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Strum are

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

Jobs based in Strum

289 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Strum residents hold

539 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−11%

Jobs based in Strum, 2013 → 2023: 325 → 289. 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.