Photo: Skye Marthaler · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Browning works elsewhere
Only 4% work in Browning itself; outside it, Medford draws the most (33%, 6 miles). Employers in Browning report 125 jobs, and 385 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Browning at work: what stands out
The places Browning commutes to
Where Browning clocks in
3% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Browning
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Browning on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
A place that makes things: 56% of Browning’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Browning, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 125. 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 Browning’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Browning: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Browning workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 392 commuters (the 12% 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 Browning goes to work
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.
How Browning compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Goodrich (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Browning workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Browning | – | — | — | 21 min | $86,875 |
| Medford | under 2% | A− | C+ | 18 min | $89,479 |
| Goodrich | 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Greenwood | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Deer Creek | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Chelsea | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Goodrich, Deer Creek and Chelsea: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Greenwood: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Browning’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 Browning: questions
What is the median household income in Browning?
$86,875 (±$12,092) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Browning?
7.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Browning?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Browning work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Medford (33%, 6 mi), Rib Lake (9%, 11 mi), Marathon City (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Browning 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 Browning, from the people who make the trip.
More of Browning
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.