Work & commute · Sumner

Work & commute in Sumner, WI

Most working residents leave Sumner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Osseo (23%), Eau Claire (16%) and Whitehall (10%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 445 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 441 Sumner residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumner.

441live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sumner goes to work

Osseo1.5 mi away

23%104

Eau Claire22.6 mi away

16%70

Whitehall14.9 mi away

10%46

Union25.5 mi away

2%8

Pigeon Falls9.2 mi away

2%7

Strum8.5 mi away

1%6

Arcadia25.3 mi away

1%6

Altoona20 mi away

1%6

St. Paul, MN96.5 mi away

1%5

Rice Lake69.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%182

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

How far

How far Sumner commutes

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

29%

35%

13%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sumner is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumner are

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

Jobs based in Sumner

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Sumner residents hold

445 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−46%

Jobs based in Sumner, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 68. 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.