Bevent has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Bevent is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D). There are 60 jobs in Bevent, against 445 working residents. Only 2% stay in Bevent for work; outside it, Wausau is the main destination (16%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Bevent, in brief
Bevent is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Bevent, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bevent has about 670 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bevent workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (20 to 26 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 445 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Bevent gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Bevent’s grade up ($92,417, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Bevent’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, Bevent could be anywhere from C to B+.
In and out of Bevent on a workday
On a workday 438 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Bevent on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Getting to work from Bevent takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bevent workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 470 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.
Out of Bevent to work: where people go
Where Bevent clocks in
16% 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.
Bevent makes things: 48% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bevent, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 60. 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 Bevent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Bevent to work
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.
In Bevent, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 550 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). 3.2% of Bevent households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bevent’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Bevent is 1,033rd among 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,031 | Spicer MN | 1,096 | $78K | 7.7% | 1.3% | 7% | B− |
| 1,032 | Derry Township PA | 1,075 | $83K | 11.2% | 3.1% | 1% | B− |
| 1,033 | Bevent WI | 1,051 | $92K | 10.3% | 3.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,034 | Fayetteville AL | 1,154 | $100K | 7.3% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,035 | Morningside MD | 1,232 | $69K | 21.4% | 4.7% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Bevent, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bevent and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Franzen (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bevent workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bevent | – | B− | D | 32 min | $92,417 |
| Guenther | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Reid | under 3% | B− | C+ | 26 min | $87,083 |
| Franzen | 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Sharon | under 3% | A | C+ | 26 min | $96,250 |
| Kronenwetter | under 3% | A | C− | 20 min | $115,044 |
Same-state neighbors only. Guenther and Franzen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bevent’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 Bevent: questions
What is the median household income in Bevent?
$92,417 (±$10,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bevent?
10.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bevent?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bevent work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (16%, 20 mi), Schofield (10%, 16 mi), Weston (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bevent walkable?
Bevent is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bevent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bevent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bevent
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.