With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Franzen works elsewhere
For 6% of workers, the job is at home (Wisconsin 13%). Employers in Franzen report 150 jobs, and 293 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Franzen; the top destination outside it is Wausau (19%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Franzen
How many miles Franzen commutes
About 24% 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.
Franzen by day and by night
On a workday 281 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 138 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Franzen on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Commuting out of Franzen: the destinations
Where Franzen clocks in
19% 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.
A place that makes things: 49% of Franzen’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Franzen, 2013 → 2023: 118 → 150. 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 Franzen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Franzen
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Franzen workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 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 Franzen compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bevent (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Franzen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Franzen | – | — | — | 24 min | $71,591 |
| Alban | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Bevent | 2% | B− | D | 32 min | $92,417 |
| Germania | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Elderon | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alban, Germania and Elderon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Franzen’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 Franzen: questions
What is the median household income in Franzen?
$71,591 (±$24,628) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Franzen?
9.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Franzen?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Franzen work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (19%, 24 mi), Schofield (8%, 20 mi), Weston (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Franzen 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 Franzen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Franzen
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.