Work & commute · Birch

Work & commute in Birch, WI

Most working residents leave Birch for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Merrill (22%), Wausau (11%) and Tomahawk (9%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 291 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 289 Birch residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Birch.

289live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Birch goes to work

Merrill10.9 mi away

22%65

Wausau25.5 mi away

11%33

Tomahawk11 mi away

9%26

Rhinelander23.1 mi away

4%13

Bradley8.5 mi away

3%8

Weston30.6 mi away

2%7

Appleton94.8 mi away

2%6

Madison155.3 mi away

2%6

Schofield28.8 mi away

2%5

Medford37.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%117

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Birch commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

17%

32%

21%

31%

17%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Birch is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Birch are

237 jobs are based in Birch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Birch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Birch

237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)99%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month5%

Over $3,333 a month90%

Jobs Birch residents hold

291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−4%

Jobs based in Birch, 2013 → 2023: 247 → 237. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.