Sioux Creek has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
The average commute takes 26 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Sioux Creek has 85 jobs for 327 working residents. Only 1% stay in Sioux Creek for work; outside it, Rice Lake is the main destination (12%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sioux Creek at work: what stands out
Sioux Creek is a place people come home to
There are 85 jobs based in Sioux Creek, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sioux Creek has about 450 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
31% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 327 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Sioux Creek
On a workday 323 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Sioux Creek on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
How far Sioux Creek’s workers travel
About 31% 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.
Where people from Sioux Creek work
Where Sioux Creek clocks in
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 31% of work in Sioux Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sioux Creek, 2014 → 2024: 33 → 85. 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 Sioux Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Sioux Creek: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sioux Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 282 commuters (the 16% 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.
Sioux Creek and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sioux Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux Creek | – | — | — | 26 min | $65,000 |
| Sand Creek | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Dallas | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Dovre | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Prairie Lake | under 2% | C+ | D | 25 min | $71,250 |
| Wilson | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sand Creek, Dallas and Dovre: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Wilson: 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 Sioux Creek’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 Sioux Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Sioux Creek?
$65,000 (±$18,788) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sioux Creek?
12.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sioux Creek?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sioux Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rice Lake (12%, 16 mi), Eau Claire (9%, 32 mi), Barron (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Sioux Creek without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sioux Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sioux Creek
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.