Work & commute · West Sweden

Work & commute in West Sweden, WI

Most working residents leave West Sweden for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Frederic (8%), St. Croix Falls (5%) and Siren (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 342 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 319 West Sweden residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 172 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Sweden.

319live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

172work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Sweden goes to work

Frederic2.9 mi away

8%27

West Sweden (in town)right here

7%23

St. Croix Falls21.2 mi away

5%16

Siren6.8 mi away

4%13

Luck8.2 mi away

4%13

Grantsburg12.2 mi away

4%12

Turtle Lake25.8 mi away

3%11

Osceola28.4 mi away

2%8

Balsam Lake15.6 mi away

2%7

Marshfield132.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%205

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

How far

How far West Sweden commutes

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

25%

26%

18%

30%

25%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Sweden is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Sweden are

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

Jobs based in West Sweden

195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs West Sweden residents hold

342 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+99%

Jobs based in West Sweden, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 195. 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.