Durand has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. There are 217 jobs in Durand, against 419 working residents. Only 5% work in Durand; the top destination outside it is Durand (15%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Durand apart
Durand and Durand trade workers both ways
Durand is the top workplace for Durand residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Durand come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Durand workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 419 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Durand ends
Where Durand 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.
From Durand, about 28 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Durand workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 366 commuters (the 7% 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.
Who works in Durand, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 398 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 196 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Durand on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
What Durand’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Durand, 2014 → 2024: 240 → 217. 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 Durand’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Durand’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
The towns around Durand
The biggest share goes to Lima (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Durand workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durand | – | — | — | 28 min | $100,417 |
| Waubeek | 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Waterville | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Lima | 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Maxville | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Waubeek, Waterville and Maxville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lima: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Durand’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 Durand: questions
What is the median household income in Durand?
$100,417 (±$16,622) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Durand?
8.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Durand?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Durand work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Durand (15%, 2 mi), Eau Claire (14%, 25 mi), Menomonie (10%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Durand without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Durand, from the people who make the trip.
More of Durand
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.