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Work & commute · Wood River

Work & commute in Wood River, WI

Most working residents leave Wood River for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Grantsburg (20%), North Branch (3%) and St. Croix Falls (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
32 of 353 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
23 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 321 Wood River residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 284 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wood River.

321live here, work elsewhere
32live and work here
284work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wood River goes to work

Pine CityNorth BranchDuluthSirenFredericGrantsburgSt. Croix FallsMenomonieGrantsburgMeenonSirenTrade LakeWest SwedenDanielsAndersonLuckWest MarshlandWood RiverGrantsburgNorth BranchSt. Croix FallsSirenFredericPine CityMeenonMenomonieDuluthWood River
1
Grantsburg4 mi away
20%72
2
Wood River (in town)right here
9%32
3
North Branch, MN25.7 mi away
3%12
4
St. Croix Falls25.7 mi away
3%11
5
Siren10.1 mi away
3%10
6
Frederic11 mi away
3%10
7
Pine City, MN18.4 mi away
3%9
8
Meenon13.6 mi away
3%9
9
Menomonie70.1 mi away
2%7
10
Duluth, MN72 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%175

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

How far

How far Wood River commutes

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

38%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
17%25–50 mi
26%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wood River is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wood River are

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

Jobs based in Wood River

316 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)84%
Trade, transport & utilities8%
Services (health, schools, offices…)8%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Wood River residents hold

353 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+27%

Jobs based in Wood River, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 316. 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.

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