Chimney Rock has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Chimney Rock; the top destination outside it is Eau Claire (16%, 26 miles). Chimney Rock has 25 jobs, and 137 of its residents work somewhere. Working from home is the commute for 25% of workers (Wisconsin 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Chimney Rock
On a workday 137 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Chimney Rock on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Out of Chimney Rock to work: where people go
Where Chimney Rock 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Chimney Rock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chimney Rock, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 25. 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 Chimney Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Chimney Rock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chimney Rock workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 113 commuters (the 25% 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.
The commute from Chimney Rock, by distance
About 33% 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.
How Chimney Rock compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chimney Rock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chimney Rock | – | — | — | 29 min | $90,417 |
| Hale | under 3% | B | C | 31 min | $92,083 |
| Dover | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Burnside | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Albion | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dover and Albion: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Burnside: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chimney Rock’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 Chimney Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Chimney Rock?
$90,417 (±$18,516) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chimney Rock?
8.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chimney Rock?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chimney Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (16%, 26 mi), Strum (9%, 8 mi), Whitehall (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Chimney Rock 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 Chimney Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chimney Rock
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.