Berlin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 1% stay in Berlin for work; outside it, Wausau is the main destination (24%, 10 miles). Employers in Berlin report 58 jobs, against 457 working residents. Working residents average 23 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Berlin apart on work
Who commutes out of Berlin, and who commutes in
On a workday 451 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Berlin on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Where Berlin goes to work
Where Berlin clocks in
24% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
In Berlin, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 58. 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 Berlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Berlin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Berlin workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 430 commuters (the 10% 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.
Miles to work from Berlin
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Berlin compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hamburg (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Berlin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin | – | — | — | 23 min | $91,875 |
| Stettin | under 3% | A | C− | 22 min | $104,697 |
| Hamburg | 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Maine | under 3% | A | B− | 21 min | $110,721 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hamburg: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Berlin’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 Berlin: questions
What is the median household income in Berlin?
$91,875 (±$12,974) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Berlin?
3.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Berlin?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Berlin work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (24%, 10 mi), Marathon City (8%, 10 mi), Merrill (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Berlin 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 Berlin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Berlin
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.