With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Bashaw works elsewhere
Bashaw has 18 jobs, and 444 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Bashaw is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−). Hardly any stay in Bashaw for work; outside it, Spooner is the main destination (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Bashaw stands out on work
Bashaw is a place people come home to
There are 18 jobs based in Bashaw, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bashaw has about 650 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Bashaw works one town over
35% of working residents work in a town that borders Bashaw: Spooner (16%), Shell Lake (15%) and Beaver Brook (4%). Next door ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 444 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Bashaw’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Bashaw’s grade up (7.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 10% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (6.7%) is left out: Bashaw’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bashaw could be anywhere from C to B−.
Who commutes out of Bashaw, and who commutes in
On a workday 442 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Bashaw on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 2023, primary jobs.
How many miles Bashaw commutes
About 30% 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.
Commuting out of Bashaw: the destinations
Where Bashaw 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.
In Bashaw, 56% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bashaw, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 18. 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 Bashaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Bashaw: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bashaw workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 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.
Most trips from Bashaw start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 484 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). 1.4% of Bashaw households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bashaw’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Bashaw ranks 1,668th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,666 | Mantua OH | 1,005 | $50K | 11.8% | 5.4% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,667 | Woodbury Township PA | 1,414 | $77K | 9.7% | 1.5% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,668 | Bashaw WI | 1,080 | $78K | 7.3% | 6.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 1,669 | Malta IL | 1,140 | $81K | 24.0% | 2.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,670 | Velva ND | 1,046 | $83K | 8.2% | 1.6% | 16% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Bashaw, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns next door employ 35% of Bashaw
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bashaw workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bashaw | – | C+ | C− | 19 min | $78,182 |
| Beaver Brook | 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Shell Lake | 15% | C− | B+ | 19 min | $57,500 |
| Dewey | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Spooner | 16% | D− | A | 18 min | $44,737 |
| Barronett | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Evergreen | under 2% | D | D | 24 min | $58,487 |
Same-state neighbors only. Beaver Brook, Dewey and Barronett: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Spooner. Darker towns draw more of Bashaw’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 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 Bashaw: questions
What is the median household income in Bashaw?
$78,182 (±$6,943) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bashaw?
7.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bashaw?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bashaw work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spooner (16%, 6 mi), Shell Lake (15%, 4 mi), Rice Lake (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bashaw walkable?
Bashaw is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bashaw without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bashaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bashaw
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. 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.