Auburn has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Auburn has 75 jobs, against 294 working residents. Hardly any work in Auburn itself; outside it, Eau Claire draws the most (18%, 24 miles). The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Auburn in brief
Auburn’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Auburn is Eau Claire, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (53) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Auburn is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Auburn, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Auburn has about 560 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Auburn workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Miles to work from Auburn
About 23% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Auburn
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Auburn on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Auburn workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 356 commuters (the 9% 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.
Where Auburn goes to work
Where Auburn clocks in
11% 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.
What Auburn’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 75. 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 Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Next door to Auburn
The biggest share goes to Bloomer (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Auburn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auburn | – | — | — | 30 min | $91,786 |
| Sand Creek | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| New Auburn | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Bloomer | 2% | C | C− | 28 min | $78,690 |
| Dovre | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Cooks Valley | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Grant | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sand Creek, New Auburn, Dovre and Cooks Valley: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Grant: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Auburn’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 Auburn: questions
What is the median household income in Auburn?
$91,786 (±$20,689) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Auburn?
8.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Auburn?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Auburn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (18%, 24 mi), Bloomer (15%, 8 mi), Chippewa Falls (11%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Auburn without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Auburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Auburn
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.