Earning a living in Elmwood
The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. About one in ten work in Elmwood; the top destination outside it is Spring Valley (8%, 7 miles). For 7% of workers, the job is at home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Elmwood
Elmwood makes and builds things
58% of the jobs based in Elmwood are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Elmwood residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Elmwood 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 369 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In Elmwood, 58% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
440 jobs are based in Elmwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmwood, 2014 → 2024: 397 → 440. 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 Elmwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Elmwood: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 232 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 leaves Elmwood for work, and who comes in
On a workday 334 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 405 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Elmwood work
Where Elmwood clocks in
5% 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.
The commute from Elmwood, by distance
About 20% 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.
Around Elmwood: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Rock Elm (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elmwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmwood | – | — | — | 28 min | $61,563 |
| Spring Lake | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Rock Elm | 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Weston | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Spring Lake and Rock Elm: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Weston: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elmwood’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 Elmwood: questions
What is the median household income in Elmwood?
$61,563 (±$12,172) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmwood?
13.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmwood?
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 Elmwood work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spring Valley (8%, 7 mi), Menomonie (7%, 14 mi), Baldwin (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Elmwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elmwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmwood
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.