Work & commute · Brighton

Work & commute in Brighton, WI

Most working residents leave Brighton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Marshfield (33%), Spencer (10%) and Wausau (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 281 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 268 Brighton residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brighton.

268live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brighton goes to work

Marshfield10.7 mi away

33%94

Spencer4.5 mi away

10%27

Brighton (in town)right here

5%13

Wausau31.4 mi away

2%7

Abbotsford10 mi away

2%6

Milwaukee165.6 mi away

2%6

Dorchester14 mi away

2%5

Colby7.9 mi away

2%5

La Crosse83.3 mi away

2%5

Marshfield15.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%108

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

How far

How far Brighton commutes

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

31%

38%

11%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brighton is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.53 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brighton are

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

Jobs based in Brighton

149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Brighton residents hold

281 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+7%

Jobs based in Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 139 → 149. 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.