Work & commute · Thorp

Work & commute in Thorp, WI

About one in 5 of Thorp’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Eau Claire (5%), Reseburg (5%) and Chippewa Falls (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

150 of 686 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 536 Thorp residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 1,145 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thorp.

536live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

1,145work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thorp goes to work

Thorp (in town)right here

22%150

Eau Claire35.2 mi away

5%34

Reseburg5 mi away

5%32

Chippewa Falls28.7 mi away

4%28

Stanley7.1 mi away

4%27

Neillsville29.4 mi away

4%26

Thorp4.2 mi away

3%24

Curtiss17.7 mi away

2%15

Marshfield37 mi away

2%12

Owen11.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%327

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

How far

How far Thorp commutes

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

38%

13%

23%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thorp is a job hub

1.89jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Thorp are

1,295 jobs are based in Thorp. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thorp’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thorp

1,295 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Thorp residents hold

686 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+36%

Jobs based in Thorp, 2013 → 2023: 952 → 1,295. 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.