Work and commuting in New Auburn
Only 2% work in New Auburn itself; outside it, Eau Claire draws the most (18%, 26 miles). Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. New Auburn has 191 jobs, and 210 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in New Auburn
New Auburn’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside New Auburn is Eau Claire, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (38) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
The quickest commute around
New Auburn’s 23-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 28 to 31 minutes. Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 210 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from New Auburn
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
New Auburn on a workday afternoon
On a workday 205 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where New Auburn’s working residents head each day
Where New Auburn clocks in
6% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in New Auburn
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Auburn, 2014 → 2024: 271 → 191. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From New Auburn, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Auburn workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 254 commuters (the 7% 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.
New Auburn and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bloomer (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Auburn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Auburn | – | — | — | 23 min | $66,932 |
| Dovre | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Bloomer | 3% | C | C− | 28 min | $78,690 |
| Auburn | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dovre: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Auburn: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Auburn’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 2024, 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 New Auburn: questions
What is the median household income in New Auburn?
$66,932 (±$9,598) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Auburn?
11.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Auburn?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Auburn work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (18%, 26 mi), Bloomer (8%, 8 mi), Chippewa Falls (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Auburn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Auburn, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Auburn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.