With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Eagle Lake works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Eagle Lake for work; outside it, Milwaukee is the main destination (10%, 27 miles). Eagle Lake has 34 jobs, against 710 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 20% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Eagle Lake: the gist
Eagle Lake is a place people come home to
There are 34 jobs based in Eagle Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eagle Lake has about 360 people in it, 65% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Eagle Lake’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Eagle Lake is Milwaukee, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (69) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 710 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Eagle Lake: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 709 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Eagle Lake on a workday afternoon, 65% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Eagle Lake
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.
The places Eagle Lake commutes to
Where Eagle Lake clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
What Eagle Lake’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Lake, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 34. 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 Eagle Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Eagle Lake: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle Lake workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 451 commuters (the 20% 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.
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 Eagle Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle Lake?
$95,625 (±$14,270) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Lake?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle Lake?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle Lake work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (10%, 27 mi), Racine (6%, 16 mi), Kenosha (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eagle Lake 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 Eagle Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle Lake
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.