Work & commute · Waubeek

Work & commute in Waubeek, WI

Most working residents leave Waubeek for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Durand (7%), Pepin (6%) and Eau Claire (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 177 Waubeek residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waubeek.

177live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

208work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waubeek goes to work

Durand3 mi away

7%14

Pepin17.6 mi away

6%12

Eau Claire25.8 mi away

6%12

Red Wing, MN31.6 mi away

6%11

Waubeek (in town)right here

5%10

Menomonie15.8 mi away

5%9

Wabasha, MN20.6 mi away

4%7

La Crosse68.9 mi away

4%7

Lima7.3 mi away

3%5

Rochester, MN51.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%96

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

How far

How far Waubeek commutes

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

20%

31%

22%

27%

20%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waubeek is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waubeek are

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

Jobs based in Waubeek

218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Waubeek residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+35%

Jobs based in Waubeek, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 218. 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.