Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Eland has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. Eland has 1 jobs; 88 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Eland; the top destination outside it is Wausau (14%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Eland by day
On a workday 88 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Eland on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
Where the trip to work from Eland ends
Where Eland clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Eland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eland, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 1. 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 Eland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Eland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 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.
How far Eland’s workers travel
About 35% 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.
How Eland compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Wittenberg (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eland | – | — | — | 21 min | $66,250 |
| Birnamwood | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Wittenberg | 7% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Norrie | under 3% | B | C | 36 min | $92,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Birnamwood and Wittenberg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eland’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 Eland: questions
What is the median household income in Eland?
$66,250 (±$13,448) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eland?
3.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eland?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (14%, 22 mi), Birnamwood (8%, 4 mi), Wittenberg (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eland without a car?
0% 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 Eland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eland
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.