There are 1.8 jobs in Pigeon Falls for every working resident, and 247 people commute in
Working residents average 26 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. There are 253 jobs in Pigeon Falls, and 143 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Pigeon Falls; the top destination outside it is Whitehall (29%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Pigeon Falls, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 137 residents head out to work and 6 work right here.
About 500 people are in Pigeon Falls on a workday afternoon, 28% more than live here.
1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Pigeon Falls: where workers come from
Where Pigeon Falls 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.
In Pigeon Falls, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pigeon Falls, 2013 → 2023: 573 → 253. 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 Pigeon Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way for Pigeon Falls’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pigeon Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 139 commuters (the 15% 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 Pigeon Falls, by distance
About 22% 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.
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 Pigeon Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Pigeon Falls?
$79,500 (±$20,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pigeon Falls?
8.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pigeon Falls?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pigeon Falls work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Whitehall (29%, 8 mi), Arcadia (7%, 18 mi), La Crosse (6%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pigeon Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pigeon Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pigeon 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.