Jobs, income and commuting in Boyd, WI
Working residents average 32 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. 5% of workers work from home (Wisconsin 13%). Only 3% work in Boyd itself; outside it, Eau Claire draws the most (19%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Boyd stands out on work
Boyd and Eau Claire trade workers both ways
Eau Claire is the top workplace for Boyd residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Boyd come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Boyd workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 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 228 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Boyd ends
Where Boyd clocks in
14% of workers
9% 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.
About 32 minutes each way for Boyd’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Boyd workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 275 commuters (the 5% 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.
Who works in Boyd, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 222 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Boyd on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
Making and building: 46% of jobs based in Boyd
132 jobs are based in Boyd.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Boyd, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 132. 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 Boyd’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Boyd
About 20% 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.
Boyd and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Boyd’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 Boyd: questions
What is the median household income in Boyd?
$62,321 (±$13,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Boyd?
15.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Boyd?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Boyd work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (19%, 24 mi), Chippewa Falls (14%, 17 mi), Cadott (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Boyd without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Boyd, from the people who make the trip.
More of Boyd
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.