With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Birch Creek works elsewhere
The trip to work takes 32 minutes on average, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Birch Creek has 31 jobs, against 175 working residents. Only 1% work in Birch Creek; the top destination outside it is Eau Claire (18%, 33 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Birch Creek by day
On a workday 173 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Birch Creek on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Birch Creek: the destinations
Where Birch Creek clocks in
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 42% of Birch Creek’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Birch Creek, 2014 → 2024: 44 → 31. 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 Birch Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Birch Creek
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Birch Creek workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 247 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Birch Creek
About 26% 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.
How Birch Creek compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Birch Creek workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birch Creek | – | — | — | 32 min | $82,500 |
| Lake Holcombe | under 2% | D | C− | 26 min | $62,772 |
| Holcombe | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Sampson | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Cleveland | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Washington | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Holcombe: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Sampson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Cleveland and Washington: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Birch Creek’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 Birch Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Birch Creek?
$82,500 (±$18,941) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Birch Creek?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Birch Creek?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Birch Creek work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (18%, 33 mi), Chippewa Falls (9%, 23 mi), Bloomer (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Birch Creek 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 Birch Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Birch Creek
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.