Arland has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 25 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. Arland has 10 jobs; 322 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Arland for work; outside it, Barron is the main destination (10%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Arland: the figures worth knowing
Who leaves Arland for work, and who comes in
On a workday 322 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Arland on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
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 the trip to work from Arland ends
Where Arland clocks in
10% 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 place that makes things: 70% of Arland’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arland, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 10. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Arland, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 277 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Arland
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.
Next door to Arland
The biggest share goes to Turtle Lake (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arland | – | — | — | 25 min | $70,865 |
| Maple Grove | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Prairie Farm | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Turtle Lake | 4% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Clinton | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Maple Grove: not graded. Prairie Farm: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Turtle Lake and Clinton: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Arland’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Arland: questions
What is the median household income in Arland?
$70,865 (±$12,133) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arland?
17.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arland?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barron (10%, 8 mi), Rice Lake (7%, 15 mi), Eau Claire (5%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arland without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arland
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.