Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Pine River works elsewhere
Pine River has 3 jobs, against 71 working residents. Hardly any stay in Pine River for work; outside it, Oshkosh is the main destination (7%, 27 miles). Commuters spend 43 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Pine River by day
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 38 people are in Pine River on a workday afternoon, 64% 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 places Pine River commutes to
Where Pine River clocks in
7% of workers
6% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Pine River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 43 minutes each way for Pine River’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine River workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 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.
Where in the region Pine River works
About 41% 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.
Pine River and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine River workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine River | – | — | — | 43 min | $42,917 |
| Saxeville | under 3% | C+ | C− | 41 min | $71,806 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine River’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 Pine River: questions
What is the median household income in Pine River?
$42,917 (±$14,977) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine River?
16.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine River?
43 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine River work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oshkosh (7%, 27 mi), Mount Morris (7%, 6 mi), Wausau (6%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine River 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 Pine River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine River
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.