Most of Beaver commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Beaver has 61 jobs, and 252 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Beaver itself; outside it, Loyal draws the most (10%, 5 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Beaver
Who commutes out of Beaver, and who commutes in
On a workday 244 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Beaver on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
The towns that employ Beaver’s residents
Where Beaver clocks in
5% 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.
Making and building: 95% of jobs based in Beaver
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaver, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 61. 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 Beaver’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 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 360 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.
How far Beaver’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
How Beaver compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Beaver workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver | – | — | — | 24 min | $83,438 |
| Warner | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Green Grove | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Loyal | under 3% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Unity | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Warner, Green Grove and Unity: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Loyal: the same community as the city 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 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 Beaver: questions
What is the median household income in Beaver?
$83,438 (±$15,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaver?
11.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaver?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaver work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Loyal (10%, 5 mi), Eaton (6%, 7 mi), Abbotsford (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beaver without a car?
1% 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 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), 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.