With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Big Falls works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. There are 8 jobs in Big Falls, against 41 working residents. Hardly any work in Big Falls; the top destination outside it is Ladysmith (24%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Big Falls, and who commutes in
On a workday 41 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78 people are in Big Falls on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Big Falls commutes to
Where Big Falls clocks in
Lines 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Big Falls, 2014 → 2024: 5 → 8. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Big Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Big Falls spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Big Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 42 commuters (the 11% 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.
Big Falls’ commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Big Falls and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Big Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Falls | – | — | — | 27 min | $61,000 |
| Cedar Rapids | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
| Dewey | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Hubbard | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Winter | under 3% | C− | C− | 32 min | $72,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cedar Rapids and Dewey: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Hubbard: 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 Big Falls’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 2024, 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 Big Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Big Falls?
$61,000 (±$9,945) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Big Falls?
8.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Big Falls?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Big Falls work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ladysmith (24%, 12 mi), Medford (10%, 45 mi), Hawkins (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Big Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Big Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Big Falls
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.