Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Butternut
The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). 4% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Wisconsin. Only 3% stay in Butternut for work; outside it, Park Falls is the main destination (18%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Butternut on a workday afternoon
On a workday 147 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Butternut on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Butternut commutes to
Where Butternut clocks in
18% 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.
What the 89 jobs in Butternut are
89 jobs are based in Butternut.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Butternut, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 89. 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 Butternut’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Butternut’s commute takes about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Butternut workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 169 commuters (the 4% 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 Butternut
About 36% 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 Butternut
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Butternut workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butternut | – | — | — | 20 min | $43,750 |
| Chippewa | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Agenda | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chippewa and Agenda: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Butternut’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 Butternut: questions
What is the median household income in Butternut?
$43,750 (±$21,424) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Butternut?
27.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Butternut?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Butternut work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park Falls (18%, 6 mi), Ashland (8%, 43 mi), Jacobs (7%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Butternut without a car?
0% 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 Butternut, from the people who make the trip.
More of Butternut
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.