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Work & commute · Tainter

Work & commute in Tainter, WI

Most working residents leave Tainter for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Menomonie (24%), Eau Claire (14%) and Colfax (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
29 of 1,272 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
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,243 Tainter residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tainter.

1,243live here, work elsewhere
29live and work here
162work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Tainter goes to work

St. PaulColfaxBloomerBoycevilleAltoonaHudsonChippewa FallsMenomonieEau ClaireTainterShermanElk MoundOtter CreekSand CreekUnionWheatonColfaxRed CedarMenomonieEau ClaireColfaxChippewa FallsUnionAltoonaSt. PaulBloomerHudsonTainter
1
Menomonie6.9 mi away
24%311
2
Eau Claire20.5 mi away
14%173
3
Colfax6.1 mi away
6%79
4
Chippewa Falls22.6 mi away
4%48
5
Union17 mi away
3%43
6
Tainter (in town)right here
2%29
7
Altoona23.4 mi away
2%20
8
St. Paul, MN61.5 mi away
1%16
9
Bloomer19.3 mi away
1%16
10
Hudson43.2 mi away
1%16
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%521

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

How far

How far Tainter commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
13%25–50 mi
22%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Tainter 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 Tainter are

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

Jobs based in Tainter

191 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)56%
Trade, transport & utilities2%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Tainter residents hold

1,272 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)53%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+31%

Jobs based in Tainter, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 191. 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.

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