Work & commute · Browning

Work & commute in Browning, WI

Most working residents leave Browning for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Medford (33%), Rib Lake (9%) and Marathon City (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 385 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 368 Browning residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Browning.

368live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Browning goes to work

Medford6.2 mi away

33%126

Rib Lake11.4 mi away

9%36

Browning (in town)right here

4%17

Marathon City23.4 mi away

3%11

Rib Lake12.8 mi away

3%10

Wausau31 mi away

2%8

Colby17.4 mi away

2%7

Marshfield34 mi away

2%7

Prentice27 mi away

2%6

Goodrich5.6 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%151

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

How far

How far Browning commutes

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

45%

20%

14%

20%

45%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Browning is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Browning are

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

Jobs based in Browning

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)56%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)18%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Browning residents hold

385 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+15%

Jobs based in Browning, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 125. 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.