Glen Flora draws 104 commuters a day, with 2.9 jobs for every working resident
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. 104 jobs are based in Glen Flora; 36 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Glen Flora for work; outside it, Ladysmith is the main destination (14%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Glen Flora by day and by night
On a workday 36 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 160 people are in Glen Flora on a workday afternoon, 71% more 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 people who work in Glen Flora live
Where Glen Flora clocks in
Lines 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.
Factories, building and farms: 79% of the jobs in Glen Flora
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glen Flora, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 104. 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 Glen Flora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Glen Flora: 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 Glen Flora workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 34 commuters (the 11% 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.
Where in the region Glen Flora works
About 42% 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.
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 Glen Flora: questions
What is the median household income in Glen Flora?
$68,750 (±$11,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glen Flora?
18.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glen Flora?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glen Flora work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ladysmith (14%, 10 mi), Hawkins (8%, 9 mi), Eau Claire (8%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Glen Flora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glen Flora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glen Flora
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.