Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Babcock earns its living
Hardly any work in Babcock itself; outside it, Marshfield draws the most (39%, 25 miles). Home is the office for 5% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin. A typical one-way commute lasts 36 minutes, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Babcock, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 85 people are in Babcock on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Babcock ends
Where Babcock clocks in
Lines 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.
What Babcock’s employers do
49 jobs are based in Babcock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Babcock, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 49. 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 Babcock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Babcock: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Babcock workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 35 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far it is to work from Babcock
About 19% 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 Babcock: questions
What is the median household income in Babcock?
$46,250 (±$25,979) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Babcock?
8.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Babcock?
36 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Babcock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshfield (39%, 25 mi), Pittsville (8%, 10 mi), Wisconsin Rapids (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Babcock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Babcock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Babcock
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.