Most of Lucas commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 72 jobs in Lucas, and 397 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Lucas itself; outside it, Menomonie draws the most (33%, 8 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lucas: the figures worth knowing
Lucas is a place people come home to
There are 72 jobs based in Lucas, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lucas has about 380 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Lucas works in Menomonie
130 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Menomonie, 7.9 miles away. That’s 33 times as many as work in Lucas itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 397 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Lucas
On a workday 393 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Lucas on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
The towns that employ Lucas’ residents
Where Lucas clocks in
3% 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.
Making and building: 43% of jobs based in Lucas
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lucas, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 72. 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 Lucas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Lucas, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lucas workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 349 commuters (the 12% 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.
The commute from Lucas, by distance
About 19% 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.
Lucas and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lucas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas | – | — | — | 24 min | $92,000 |
| Menomonie | under 2% | A | C | 25 min | $93,225 |
| Cady | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Weston | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Stanton | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Knapp | under 2% | — | — | 40 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cady, Stanton and Knapp: 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 Lucas’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 Lucas: questions
What is the median household income in Lucas?
$92,000 (±$16,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lucas?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lucas?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lucas work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Menomonie (33%, 8 mi), Eau Claire (9%, 29 mi), Minneapolis (3%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lucas 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 Lucas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lucas
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.