Most of Blue River commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
6% of workers have no commute at all, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. There are 20 jobs in Blue River for 210 working residents. Hardly any work in Blue River; the top destination outside it is Boscobel (27%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Blue River apart on work
Blue River is a place people come home to
There are 20 jobs based in Blue River, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Blue River has about 270 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Blue River and Boscobel trade workers both ways
Boscobel is the top workplace for Blue River residents (27%) and also where the most people who work in Blue River come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 210 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Blue River quiets down on a workday
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Blue River on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 Blue River’s working residents head each day
Where Blue River clocks in
27% 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.
65% of the jobs in Blue River pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Blue River, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 20. 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 Blue River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes to work from Blue River
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Blue River workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 180 commuters (the 6% 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.
Half of Blue River commutes less than 16 miles
About 28% 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 Blue River: questions
What is the median household income in Blue River?
$59,861 (±$3,013) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Blue River?
11.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Blue River?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Blue River work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Boscobel (27%, 7 mi), Richland Center (8%, 14 mi), Muscoda (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Blue River without a car?
0% 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 Blue River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Blue River
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.