Work & commute · Trade Lake

Work & commute in Trade Lake, WI

Most working residents leave Trade Lake for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Grantsburg (21%), Wood River (9%) and St. Croix Falls (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 341 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 334 Trade Lake residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Trade Lake.

334live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Trade Lake goes to work

Grantsburg8.1 mi away

21%70

Wood River6.8 mi away

9%30

St. Croix Falls19 mi away

4%15

Luck9.6 mi away

4%14

Frederic6.4 mi away

4%13

Lino Lakes, MN43.8 mi away

2%7

Siren11.8 mi away

2%7

Marshfield137.2 mi away

2%7

Trade Lake (in town)right here

2%7

Osceola25.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%165

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

How far

How far Trade Lake commutes

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

40%

22%

13%

26%

40%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Trade Lake is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Trade Lake are

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

Jobs based in Trade Lake

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less3%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Trade Lake residents hold

341 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+36%

Jobs based in Trade Lake, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 30. 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.