Work & commute · Vance Creek

Work & commute in Vance Creek, WI

Most working residents leave Vance Creek for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Barron (13%), Rice Lake (9%) and Eau Claire (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 314 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 313 Vance Creek residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 19 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vance Creek.

313live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

19work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vance Creek goes to work

Barron16 mi away

13%41

Rice Lake23.5 mi away

9%27

Eau Claire41.4 mi away

5%16

Turtle Lake10.5 mi away

4%13

Amery14 mi away

4%11

Menomonie26.1 mi away

4%11

Prairie Farm5.3 mi away

3%10

Chetek21.7 mi away

3%8

Clear Lake8.8 mi away

2%7

Marshfield102 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%164

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

How far

How far Vance Creek commutes

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

10%

45%

20%

25%

10%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vance Creek is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vance Creek are

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

Jobs based in Vance Creek

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Vance Creek residents hold

314 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−51%

Jobs based in Vance Creek, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 20. 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.