Eagle has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
21% of workers have no commute at all; Wisconsin has 13%. Employers in Eagle report 65 jobs, against 226 working residents. Only 1% work in Eagle; the top destination outside it is Richland Center (16%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Eagle apart
Eagle and Richland Center trade workers both ways
Richland Center is the top workplace for Eagle residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Eagle come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Eagle is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Eagle, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eagle has about 330 people in it, 33% 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 226 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Eagle goes to work
Where Eagle clocks in
10% 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.
Eagle’s commute, mile by mile
About 38% 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.
Eagle on a workday afternoon
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Eagle on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Goods, not services: 38% of the jobs in Eagle
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle, 2014 → 2024: 74 → 65. 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 Eagle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 229 commuters (the 21% 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.
Eagle and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eagle workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle | – | — | — | 22 min | $86,000 |
| Muscoda | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Orion | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Richwood | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Dayton | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Muscoda and Dayton: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Orion and Richwood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eagle’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 Eagle: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle?
$86,000 (±$16,468) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle?
15.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Center (16%, 8 mi), Madison (10%, 54 mi), Muscoda (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Eagle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle
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.