City Point has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Wisconsin 13%). City Point has 24 jobs for 47 working residents. Hardly any work in City Point itself; outside it, Black River Falls draws the most (15%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
City Point on a workday afternoon
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in City Point on a workday afternoon, 13% 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 City Point to work: where people go
Where City Point 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.
City Point works in goods: 92% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in City Point, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 24. 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 City Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
City Point’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of City Point workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 101 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.
How far City Point goes to work
About 32% 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.
Work in the towns next to City Point
The biggest share goes to Knapp (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | City Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Point | – | — | — | 26 min | $60,132 |
| Knapp | 4% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Hiles | under 3% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Sherwood | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Bear Bluff | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Komensky | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Washburn | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Knapp, Hiles, Bear Bluff and Komensky: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Sherwood and Washburn: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of City Point’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 City Point: questions
What is the median household income in City Point?
$60,132 (±$9,304) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in City Point?
14.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from City Point?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in City Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Black River Falls (15%, 22 mi), Brockway (15%, 19 mi), Eau Claire (6%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around City Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from City Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of City Point
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.