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Jobs & commute in Hallie

Hallie has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each

Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin. There are 28 jobs in Hallie; 68 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Hallie for work; outside it, Chippewa Falls is the main destination (29%, 4 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Hallie

On a workday 68 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 28 people come in from elsewhere.

68live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
28work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night190
Workday150
190live here− 68head out to work+ 28come in to work= 150on a workday

About 150 people are in Hallie on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.41jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where people from Hallie work

ThorpNeillsville: 1 residents work here (1%)GreenwoodBloomerNew Lisbon: 1 residents work here (1%)Whitehall: 1 residents work here (1%)BoycevilleAltoona: 3 residents work here (4%)Chippewa Falls: 20 residents work here (29%)Menomonie: 2 residents work here (3%)Lake Hallie: 4 residents work here (6%)Marshfield: 2 residents work here (3%)WausauEau Claire: 20 residents work here (29%)HallieLafayette: 2 residents work here (3%)SeymourChippewa FallsEau ClaireLake HallieAltoonaMenomonieMarshfieldHallie
129%20
2
Eau Claire7.2 mi away
29%20
3
Lake Hallie2.6 mi away
6%4
4
Altoona6.2 mi away
4%3
5
Menomonie26.3 mi away
3%2
6
Marshfield60.8 mi away
3%2
7
Lafayette4.4 mi away
3%2
8
Neillsville44.2 mi away
1%1
9
New Lisbon91.5 mi away
1%1
10
Whitehall35.7 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
18%12
The top trips

Where Hallie 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.

The jobs

Goods jobs make up 71% of work in Hallie

Jobs based in HallieJobs Hallie residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms71%26%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices29%53%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less7%15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%18%
Over $3,333 a month68%68%

Who does it

29 or younger39%16%
30 to 5425%53%
55 and older36%31%
+56%

Jobs based in Hallie, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 28. 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 Hallie’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

About 20 minutes to work from Hallie

A year of commuting
154 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Hallie20 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
3%

of Hallie workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Hallie gets to work
93%Drive alone
4%Carpool
3%Walk

Share of the 74 commuters (the 3% 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

Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hallie

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miChippewa Falls: 29% · 4 miEau Claire: 29% · 7.2 miLake Hallie: 6% · 2.6 miAltoona: 4% · 6.2 miMenomonie: 3% · 26.3 miMarshfield: 3% · 60.8 miLafayette: 3% · 4.4 miNeillsville: 1% · 44.2 miNew Lisbon: 1% · 91.5 miWhitehall: 1% · 35.7 miChippewa Falls 29%Eau Claire 29%Lake Hallie 6%Altoona 4%Menomonie 3%Hallie
HallieTop destinations (size = commuters)
72%Under 10 mi49 residents
6%10–24 mi4 residents
9%25–50 mi6 residents
13%Over 50 mi9 residents

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.

Next door

The towns around Hallie

The biggest share goes to Lake Hallie (6%).

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Lake Hallie19 min
Seymour19 min
Hallie20 min
Lafayette29 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownHallie workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Hallie–——20 min$100,000
Lake Hallie6%B+B−19 min$86,740
Lafayette3%B+C−29 min$101,651
Seymourunder 2%AC19 min$107,436

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Hallie’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Hallie: questions

What is the median household income in Hallie?

$100,000 (±$16,303) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Hallie?

0.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Hallie?

20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Hallie work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chippewa Falls (29%, 4 mi), Eau Claire (29%, 7 mi), Lake Hallie (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Hallie without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Hallie, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Hallie

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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.