With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Curran works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Curran itself; outside it, Eau Claire draws the most (11%, 36 miles). Curran has 66 jobs, and 137 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 25 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Curran on a workday afternoon
On a workday 134 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Curran on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Commuting out of Curran: the destinations
Where Curran 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 jobs make up 94% of work in Curran
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Curran, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 66. 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 Curran’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Curran
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Curran workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 164 commuters (the 8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Curran
About 23% 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.
Around Curran: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Northfield (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Curran workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curran | – | — | — | 25 min | $116,250 |
| Hixton | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Northfield | 5% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Pigeon | under 2% | C− | C | 21 min | $69,844 |
| Springfield | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Preston | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hixton and Northfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Springfield and Preston: 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 Curran’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 Curran: questions
What is the median household income in Curran?
$116,250 (±$30,791) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Curran?
4.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Curran?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Curran work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (11%, 36 mi), Osseo (10%, 15 mi), Black River Falls (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Curran without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Curran, from the people who make the trip.
More of Curran
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.