Work & commute · Butternut

Work & commute in Butternut, WI

Most working residents leave Butternut for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Park Falls (18%), Ashland (8%) and Jacobs (7%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

35 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 147 Butternut residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Butternut.

147live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Butternut goes to work

Park Falls5.9 mi away

18%28

Ashland43.2 mi away

8%12

Jacobs10.7 mi away

7%11

Mellen22.8 mi away

5%7

Medford61.1 mi away

5%7

Phillips22.5 mi away

4%6

Fifield17 mi away

4%6

Butternut (in town)right here

3%5

Hayward47.6 mi away

3%4

Eau Claire95.7 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%62

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

How far

How far Butternut commutes

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

33%

14%

17%

36%

33%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Butternut is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Butternut are

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

Jobs based in Butternut

89 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Butternut residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+6%

Jobs based in Butternut, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 89. 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.