Most of Briggsville commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Briggsville report 21 jobs for 118 working residents. Hardly any work in Briggsville itself; outside it, Portage draws the most (15%, 10 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Briggsville, and who commutes in
On a workday 118 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Briggsville on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Briggsville’s working residents head each day
Where Briggsville clocks in
Lines 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.
What Briggsville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Briggsville, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 21. 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 Briggsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Briggsville’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Briggsville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 6% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Briggsville
About 31% 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.
Around Briggsville: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Briggsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briggsville | – | — | — | 20 min | $67,344 |
| New Haven | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Lewiston | under 2% | B | D | 28 min | $90,852 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Haven: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Briggsville’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 Briggsville: questions
What is the median household income in Briggsville?
$67,344 (±$31,723) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Briggsville?
11.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Briggsville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Briggsville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portage (15%, 10 mi), Moundville (9%, 7 mi), Wisconsin Dells (3%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Briggsville 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 Briggsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Briggsville
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.