Work & commute · Birnamwood

Work & commute in Birnamwood, WI

Most working residents leave Birnamwood for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Wausau (13%), Wittenberg (7%) and Schofield (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 350 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 334 Birnamwood residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Birnamwood.

334live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Birnamwood goes to work

Wausau21.5 mi away

13%44

Wittenberg7.6 mi away

7%26

Schofield20.2 mi away

6%20

Birnamwood (in town)right here

5%16

Weston16.9 mi away

5%16

Antigo14.7 mi away

4%14

Wittenberg9.5 mi away

4%13

Shawano32.6 mi away

3%10

Fox Crossing60.7 mi away

2%8

Milwaukee143.1 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%175

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

How far

How far Birnamwood commutes

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

21%

34%

11%

34%

21%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Birnamwood is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Birnamwood are

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

Jobs based in Birnamwood

288 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Birnamwood residents hold

350 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−17%

Jobs based in Birnamwood, 2013 → 2023: 346 → 288. 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.