Black Brook has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For jobs and income Black Brook is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). There are 138 jobs in Black Brook, and 714 of its residents work somewhere. Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Black Brook stands out on work
Black Brook is a place people come home to
There are 138 jobs based in Black Brook, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Black Brook has about 900 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Black Brook and Amery trade workers both ways
Amery is the top workplace for Black Brook residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Black Brook come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Black Brook workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 714 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Black Brook: the grade in detail
The poverty rate holds Black Brook’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Black Brook’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, Black Brook could be anywhere from B to A−.
Who works in Black Brook, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 707 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 131 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Black Brook on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
18% of working residents work in Amery
Where Black Brook clocks in
18% 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Black Brook workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 789 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.
Black Brook makes things: 46% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Black Brook, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 138. 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 Black Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Black Brook commutes
About 21% 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.
Getting around Black Brook: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 919 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). 5.6% of Black Brook households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Black Brook’s commuters take a bus or train.
Black Brook next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000: 1,151st of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,149 | Nescopeck Township PA | 1,124 | $86K | 5.2% | 6.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,150 | Chetek WI | 1,756 | $95K | 3.2% | 2.5% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,151 | Black Brook WI | 1,471 | $103K | 3.8% | 3.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,152 | Lagunitas-Forest Knolls CA | 1,626 | $131K | 4.4% | 2.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,153 | Capron IL | 1,407 | $90K | 8.9% | 8.3% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Black Brook, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 22% of Black Brook’s workers
The biggest share goes to Amery (18%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Black Brook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Brook | – | B+ | D | 30 min | $102,963 |
| Amery | 18% | B | A | 22 min | $59,219 |
| Cylon | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Alden | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 34 min | $94,878 |
| Clear Lake | 4% | C− | C | 21 min | $74,000 |
| Clear Lake | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Lincoln | under 3% | A− | D | 28 min | $95,826 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cylon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Clear Lake: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Black Brook’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 Black Brook: questions
What is the median household income in Black Brook?
$102,963 (±$10,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Black Brook?
3.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Black Brook?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Black Brook work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amery (18%, 4 mi), Clear Lake (4%, 3 mi), Turtle Lake (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Black Brook walkable?
Black Brook is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Black Brook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Black Brook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Black Brook
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.