Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Maiden Rock has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 4 jobs in Maiden Rock for 52 working residents. Hardly any work in Maiden Rock itself; outside it, Red Wing draws the most (17%, 15 miles). Home is the office for 6% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Maiden Rock, and who commutes in
On a workday 52 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 70 people are in Maiden Rock on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where the trip to work from Maiden Rock ends
Where Maiden Rock clocks in
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Maiden Rock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maiden Rock, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 4. 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 Maiden Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 41 minutes in Maiden Rock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maiden Rock workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 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.
Miles to work from Maiden Rock
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 Maiden Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Maiden Rock?
$89,375 (±$42,004) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maiden Rock?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maiden Rock?
41 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maiden Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Wing (17%, 15 mi), Ellsworth (13%, 14 mi), Eau Claire (12%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maiden Rock 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 Maiden Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maiden Rock
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.