Photo: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5Most of Forest Junction commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any stay in Forest Junction for work; outside it, Brillion is the main destination (22%, 5 miles). There are 60 jobs in Forest Junction, against 366 working residents. 4% of workers have no commute at all (Wisconsin 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Forest Junction and work: the main findings
Forest Junction is a place people come home to
There are 60 jobs based in Forest Junction, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Forest Junction has about 290 people in it, 52% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Forest Junction workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 366 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Forest Junction by day
On a workday 363 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Forest Junction on a workday afternoon, 52% 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.
The daily trip from Forest Junction: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Forest Junction workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 341 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.
Where Forest Junction’s working residents head each day
Where Forest Junction clocks in
22% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
78% of the jobs in Forest Junction pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forest Junction, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 60. 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 Forest Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Forest Junction
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.
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 Forest Junction: questions
What is the median household income in Forest Junction?
$62,250 (±$23,907) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Forest Junction?
2.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Forest Junction?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Forest Junction work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brillion (22%, 5 mi), Appleton (6%, 13 mi), Green Bay (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Forest Junction without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Forest Junction, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forest Junction
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.