Estella has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%. There are 52 jobs in Estella, against 168 working residents. Hardly any stay in Estella for work; outside it, Chippewa Falls is the main destination (12%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Estella on a workday afternoon
On a workday 167 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Estella on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Out of Estella to work: where people go
Where Estella clocks in
12% 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.
A place that makes things: 33% of Estella’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Estella, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 52. 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 Estella’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Estella
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Estella workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 commuters (the 6% 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 many miles Estella commutes
About 21% 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.
14% of Estella works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Cornell (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Estella workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estella | – | — | — | 26 min | $66,667 |
| Cleveland | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Colburn | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Lake Holcombe | 3% | D | C− | 26 min | $62,772 |
| Cornell | 11% | D | B | 27 min | $55,192 |
| Arthur | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Ruby | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cleveland: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Colburn: not graded. Arthur and Ruby: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Estella’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 Estella: questions
What is the median household income in Estella?
$66,667 (±$14,223) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Estella?
11.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Estella?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Estella work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chippewa Falls (12%, 20 mi), Cornell (11%, 2 mi), Eau Claire (10%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Estella without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Estella, from the people who make the trip.
More of Estella
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.