Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Birchwood, WI
Only 8% work in Birchwood itself; outside it, Hayward draws the most (11%, 24 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home; Wisconsin has 13%. A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Birchwood fills up on a workday
On a workday 163 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 246 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Birchwood on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.47 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The places Birchwood commutes to
Where Birchwood clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 39% of work in Birchwood
260 jobs are based in Birchwood.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Birchwood, 2014 → 2024: 273 → 260. 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 Birchwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes to work from Birchwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Birchwood workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 253 commuters (the 5% 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 Birchwood
About 34% 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.
Birchwood and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Birchwood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birchwood | – | — | — | 21 min | $54,091 |
| Edgewater | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Edgewater: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Birchwood’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 Birchwood: questions
What is the median household income in Birchwood?
$54,091 (±$14,527) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Birchwood?
12.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Birchwood?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Birchwood work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hayward (11%, 24 mi), Rice Lake (10%, 15 mi), Hayward (8%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Birchwood without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Birchwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Birchwood
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.