Most of Centuria commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% work in Centuria itself; outside it, St. Croix Falls draws the most (13%, 4 miles). There are 222 jobs in Centuria, and 423 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Centuria and work: the main findings
Time on the road from Centuria: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Centuria workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 400 commuters (the 2% 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.
A workday in Centuria: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 417 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 216 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Centuria on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Centuria’s working residents head each day
Where Centuria clocks in
9% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Centuria
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Centuria, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 222. 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 Centuria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Centuria commutes
About 26% 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 Centuria: questions
What is the median household income in Centuria?
$49,821 (±$36,807) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Centuria?
23.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Centuria?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Centuria work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Croix Falls (13%, 4 mi), Osceola (9%, 11 mi), Minneapolis (4%, 48 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Centuria without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Centuria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Centuria
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.