Photo: Ebyabe · CC BY-SA 3.0Gainesville draws about half of La Crosse’s working residents
For 2% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Florida. Hardly any work in La Crosse itself; outside it, Gainesville draws the most (46%, 12 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes (Florida 28, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through La Crosse
On a workday 120 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in La Crosse on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from La Crosse work
Where La Crosse clocks in
46% of workers
7% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A commute of about 27 minutes in La Crosse
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Crosse workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
La Crosse’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in La Crosse: questions
What is the poverty rate in La Crosse?
40.3%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Crosse?
27 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Crosse work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around La Crosse without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from La Crosse, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Crosse
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.