Work & commute · Sumner

Work & commute in Sumner, WI

Most working residents leave Sumner for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Rice Lake (33%), Eau Claire (8%) and Barron (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 324 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 323 Sumner residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumner.

323live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sumner goes to work

Rice Lake8.2 mi away

33%108

Eau Claire42 mi away

8%26

Barron11.9 mi away

7%24

Chetek7.7 mi away

5%17

Cameron6.9 mi away

4%12

Stanley6 mi away

2%8

Turtle Lake26.7 mi away

1%4

Marshfield87.2 mi away

1%4

La Crosse111.8 mi away

1%4

New Richmond50.4 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%114

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.

45%

14%

21%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sumner is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumner are

188 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

188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Sumner residents hold

324 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+422%

Jobs based in Sumner, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 188. 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.