Jim Falls has 1.8 jobs for every working resident: 178 people commute in to work
Only 3% work in Jim Falls; the top destination outside it is Chippewa Falls (22%, 10 miles). Jim Falls has 181 jobs; 102 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 17 minutes on average (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Jim Falls, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 99 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 420 people are in Jim Falls on a workday afternoon, 23% 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 Jim Falls’s workers come from
Where Jim Falls clocks in
22% 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.
72% of the jobs in Jim Falls make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jim Falls, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 181. 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 Jim Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Jim Falls takes about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jim Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 158 commuters (the 17% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Jim Falls
About 25% 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 Jim Falls compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Jim Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Falls | – | — | — | 17 min | $92,292 |
| Eagle Point | under 2% | A | C− | 22 min | $110,654 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Jim Falls’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 Jim Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Jim Falls?
$92,292 (±$43,401) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jim Falls?
7.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jim Falls?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jim Falls work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chippewa Falls (22%, 10 mi), Eau Claire (21%, 19 mi), Bloomer (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jim Falls 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 Jim Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jim Falls
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.