Vance Creek has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Vance Creek report 32 jobs; 309 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Vance Creek; the top destination outside it is Barron (11%, 16 miles). Commuters spend 30 minutes getting to work on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Vance Creek, in brief
Vance Creek is a place people come home to
There are 32 jobs based in Vance Creek, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Vance Creek has about 410 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Vance Creek workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 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; with 309 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Vance Creek
On a workday 308 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Vance Creek on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
From Vance Creek, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vance Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 commuters (the 12% 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 Vance Creek goes to work
Where Vance Creek clocks in
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Vance Creek
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vance Creek, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 32. 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 Vance Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Vance Creek to work
About 20% 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.
The towns around Vance Creek
The biggest share goes to Turtle Lake (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vance Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vance Creek | – | — | — | 30 min | $58,750 |
| New Haven | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Clear Lake | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Turtle Lake | 4% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Prairie Farm | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Haven and Prairie Farm: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Clear Lake and Turtle Lake: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vance 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 Vance Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Vance Creek?
$58,750 (±$33,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vance Creek?
6.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vance Creek?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vance Creek work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Barron (11%, 16 mi), Rice Lake (8%, 24 mi), Menomonie (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Vance Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vance Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vance 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.