Cushing Land Agency Building · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.1 jobs in St. Croix Falls for every working resident, and 2,214 people commute in
St. Croix Falls has 2,381 jobs for 1,143 working residents. The two grades for St. Croix Falls are B− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in seven work in St. Croix Falls itself; outside it, Osceola draws the most (7%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in St. Croix Falls, in a few figures
St. Croix Falls is where the jobs are
St. Croix Falls has 2,381 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,600 people are in town, 52% more than the 2,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
St. Croix Falls workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Jobs & income in St. Croix Falls: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Croix Falls is better than 46% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds St. Croix Falls’ grade up (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.1%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Croix Falls could be anywhere from C to B+.
St. Croix Falls on a workday afternoon
On a workday 976 residents head out to work and 167 work right here.
About 3,600 people are in St. Croix Falls on a workday afternoon, 52% more than live here.
2.1 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 2024, primary jobs.
Getting to work from St. Croix Falls takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Croix Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,019 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where St. Croix Falls’ workforce comes from
Where St. Croix Falls clocks in
7% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in St. Croix Falls
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Croix Falls, 2014 → 2024: 2,194 → 2,381. 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 St. Croix Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far St. Croix Falls goes to work
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.
For most of St. Croix Falls, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Croix Falls is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,181 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.0% of St. Croix Falls households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Croix Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, St. Croix Falls is 2,395th among 4,995 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 33 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Sun Prairie WI | 2,291 | $127K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,393 | Middlecreek Township PA | 2,056 | $62K | 14.7% | 0.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,394 | Pardeeville WI | 2,248 | $65K | 8.8% | 1.0% | 6% | B− |
| 2,395 | St. Croix Falls WI | 2,370 | $65K | 3.4% | 6.1% | 15% | B− |
| 2,396 | Charlevoix Township MI | 1,797 | $81K | 7.1% | 2.2% | 11% | B− |
| 2,397 | Eckles Township MN | 1,945 | $78K | 8.0% | 6.0% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of St. Croix Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
St. Croix Falls and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Croix Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Croix Falls | – | B− | B− | 32 min | $65,300 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Croix Falls’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 St. Croix Falls: questions
What is the median household income in St. Croix Falls?
$65,300 (±$11,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Croix Falls?
3.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Croix Falls?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Croix Falls work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Osceola (7%, 7 mi), Minneapolis (3%, 44 mi), Dresser (3%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is St. Croix Falls walkable?
St. Croix Falls is more walkable than 52% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Croix Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Croix Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Croix Falls
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.