Hardly anyone in Eagle Point is out of work
Measured by household income, Eagle Point is ahead of 84% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Eagle Point is better than 93% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 2% stay in Eagle Point for work; outside it, Chippewa Falls is the main destination (23%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Eagle Point at work: what stands out
Fewer jobs are based in Eagle Point than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Eagle Point fell from 940 in 2013 to 474 in 2023, −50%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Eagle Point and Chippewa Falls trade workers both ways
Chippewa Falls is the top workplace for Eagle Point residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Eagle Point come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Inside Eagle Point’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Eagle Point’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eagle Point stays A.
33% of the jobs in Eagle Point make or build things
474 jobs are based in Eagle Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Point, 2013 → 2023: 940 → 474. 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 Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Eagle Point ends
Where Eagle Point clocks in
23% 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.
Who works in Eagle Point, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,408 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 449 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Eagle Point on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.33 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Eagle Point’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle Point workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,382 commuters (the 12% 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.
The distance from Eagle Point to work
About 17% 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.
Most of Eagle Point commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,566 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.3% of Eagle Point households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eagle Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eagle Point is 272nd of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 270 | Polk WI | 4,041 | $99K | 1.8% | 2.9% | 3% | A |
| 271 | Graymoor-Devondale KY | 2,832 | $97K | 5.6% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| 272 | Eagle Point WI | 3,267 | $111K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 273 | Lauderdale MN | 2,328 | $79K | 7.3% | 9.1% | 1% | A |
| 274 | Deerfield WI | 2,619 | $91K | 3.9% | 0.4% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Eagle Point, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door is work for 25% of Eagle Point
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eagle Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Point | – | A | C− | 22 min | $110,654 |
| Chippewa Falls | 23% | C+ | B+ | 19 min | $57,873 |
| Anson | 2% | A− | C+ | 20 min | $83,333 |
| Lafayette | under 2% | B+ | C− | 29 min | $101,651 |
| Arthur | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Jim Falls | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Woodmohr | under 2% | B+ | D | 27 min | $87,428 |
| Tilden | under 2% | A− | C | 19 min | $106,985 |
| Cleveland | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Bloomer | under 2% | C | C− | 28 min | $78,690 |
| Lake Wissota | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Arthur: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Jim Falls and Lake Wissota: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Cleveland: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Chippewa Falls. Darker towns draw more of Eagle 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 Eagle Point: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle Point?
$110,654 (±$8,445) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Point?
1.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle Point?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle Point work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chippewa Falls (23%, 9 mi), Eau Claire (22%, 18 mi), Bloomer (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eagle Point walkable?
Eagle Point is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eagle Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.