Spring Brook has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Spring Brook are B for jobs and income and D for walkability. Employers in Spring Brook report 130 jobs; 831 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Spring Brook; the top destination outside it is Eau Claire (26%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Spring Brook in brief
Spring Brook is a place people come home to
There are 130 jobs based in Spring Brook, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring Brook has about 1,100 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Spring Brook and Eau Claire trade workers both ways
Eau Claire is the top workplace for Spring Brook residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Spring Brook come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Spring Brook workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 831 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Spring Brook’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Spring Brook is better than 58% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Spring Brook’s grade up ($95,563, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 43% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Spring Brook’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Spring Brook could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Who commutes out of Spring Brook, and who commutes in
On a workday 823 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Spring Brook on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Where the trip to work from Spring Brook ends
Where Spring Brook clocks in
Lines 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 commute of about 27 minutes in Spring Brook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Brook workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 697 commuters (the 18% 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.
Spring Brook works in goods: 52% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Brook, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 130. 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 Spring Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Spring Brook
About 21% 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.
Most of Spring Brook commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Spring Brook is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 849 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.7% of Spring Brook households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Spring Brook’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Spring Brook is 1,673rd of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 41 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,671 | LeBoeuf Township PA | 1,653 | $92K | 7.1% | 1.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,672 | Greene Township PA | 2,264 | $104K | 9.1% | 4.8% | 8% | B |
| 1,673 | Spring Brook WI | 1,793 | $96K | 10.2% | 3.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,674 | Veazie ME | 1,864 | $78K | 7.5% | 4.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,675 | Bronson Township OH | 1,967 | $69K | 0.3% | 7.6% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Spring Brook, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Spring Brook
The biggest share goes to Union (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Brook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Brook | – | B | D | 27 min | $95,563 |
| Rock Creek | under 1% | A− | C− | 28 min | $104,000 |
| Peru | under 1% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Elk Mound | 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $89,327 |
| Union | 5% | A | C | 17 min | $95,217 |
| Red Cedar | 1% | A− | C− | 23 min | $100,000 |
| Dunn | under 1% | C | C | 26 min | $74,732 |
Same-state neighbors only. Peru: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring Brook’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 Spring Brook: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Brook?
$95,563 (±$11,332) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Brook?
10.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Brook?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Brook work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Eau Claire (26%, 12 mi), Menomonie (20%, 10 mi), Union (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Spring Brook walkable?
Spring Brook is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Spring Brook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spring Brook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Brook
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.