With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Brighton works elsewhere
6% of workers have no commute at all, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. 149 jobs are based in Brighton; 281 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Brighton for work; outside it, Marshfield is the main destination (33%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Brighton apart
Commuting out of Brighton: the destinations
Where Brighton clocks in
2% 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.
Who commutes out of Brighton, and who commutes in
On a workday 268 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Brighton on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
Making and building: 67% of jobs based in Brighton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 149. 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 Brighton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Brighton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brighton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 363 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.
How far it is to work from Brighton
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.
Next door to Brighton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brighton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton | – | — | — | 20 min | $81,250 |
| Unity | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Eau Pleine | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Hull | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| Unity | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Spencer | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Unity and Unity: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Eau Pleine, Hull and Spencer: 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 Brighton’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 Brighton: questions
What is the median household income in Brighton?
$81,250 (±$30,959) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brighton?
7.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brighton?
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 Brighton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marshfield (33%, 11 mi), Spencer (10%, 4 mi), Wausau (2%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brighton 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 Brighton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brighton
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.