Households in Beaver have lower incomes than those in 65% of U.S. towns
Only 3% stay in Beaver for work; outside it, Marinette is the main destination (12%, 22 miles). 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.6% across Wisconsin. The two grades for Beaver are C− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Beaver
Beaver’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Beaver is Marinette, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (59) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Beaver workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 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 473 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Beaver earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Beaver is better than 22% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Beaver’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Beaver’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Beaver could be anywhere from D to B−.
Short hops and long hauls from Beaver
About 28% 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.
A commute of about 31 minutes in Beaver
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaver workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the 17% 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.
In and out of Beaver on a workday
On a workday 458 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Beaver on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where Beaver’s working residents head each day
Where Beaver clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 69% of the jobs in Beaver
289 jobs are based in Beaver.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver, 2014 → 2024: 309 → 289. 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 Beaver’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Beaver start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beaver is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Beaver near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 388 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). 1.7% of Beaver households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beaver’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,831st of 4,312: where Beaver ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,829 | Westport NY | 1,272 | $71K | 11.0% | 13.1% | 11% | C− |
| 2,830 | Black Lick Township PA | 1,105 | $69K | 14.8% | 7.7% | 1% | C− |
| 2,831 | Beaver WI | 1,192 | $65K | 11.0% | 1.3% | 3% | C− |
| 2,832 | Cleora OK | 1,477 | $82K | 14.5% | 6.0% | 5% | C− |
| 2,833 | Albany OH | 1,001 | $52K | 9.3% | 1.4% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Beaver, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door is work for 11% of Beaver
The biggest share goes to Stephenson (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver | – | C− | D | 31 min | $65,455 |
| Lake | under 3% | C | C+ | 28 min | $77,857 |
| Brazeau | under 3% | C | C− | 32 min | $72,688 |
| Stephenson | 7% | D | C− | 26 min | $56,550 |
| Pound | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Pound | 4% | B− | D | 27 min | $84,313 |
| Grover | under 3% | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $71,767 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pound: 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 Beaver’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 Beaver: questions
What is the median household income in Beaver?
$65,455 (±$13,362) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver?
11.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marinette (12%, 22 mi), Crivitz (7%, 7 mi), Stephenson (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Beaver walkable?
Beaver is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beaver without a car?
0% 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 Beaver, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaver
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.