Clear Creek has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
6% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. 96 jobs are based in Clear Creek for 377 working residents. Only 1% work in Clear Creek; the top destination outside it is Eau Claire (33%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Clear Creek, in a few figures
Clear Creek and Eau Claire trade workers both ways
Eau Claire is the top workplace for Clear Creek residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Clear Creek come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Clear Creek is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Clear Creek, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clear Creek has about 470 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 377 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Clear Creek goes to work
Where Clear Creek clocks in
7% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Clear Creek
On a workday 373 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Clear Creek on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Clear Creek works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clear Creek, 2014 → 2024: 47 → 96. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Clear Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Clear Creek: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clear Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 476 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.
Clear Creek’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Clear Creek and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clear Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek | – | — | — | 25 min | $93,750 |
| Pleasant Valley | under 2% | A+ | C− | 17 min | $139,659 |
| Unity | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Otter Creek | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Lincoln | under 2% | B+ | B | 24 min | $111,111 |
Same-state neighbors only. Unity and Otter Creek: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Clear Creek’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 2024, 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 Clear Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Clear Creek?
$93,750 (±$26,287) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clear Creek?
4.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clear Creek?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clear Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (33%, 14 mi), Altoona (7%, 12 mi), Osseo (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Clear Creek 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 Clear Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clear Creek
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.