Ritger Wagonmaking and Blacksmith Shop · Photo: Shadowe · CC BY-SA 3.0Addison’s household incomes are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. 3.7% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.6% across Wisconsin. The two grades for Addison are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Addison stands out on work
Fewer jobs are based in Addison than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Addison fell from 1,911 in 2013 to 1,217 in 2023, −36%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Addison makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Addison are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Addison residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 35%. The jobs ↓
Few Addison workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Addison’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Addison is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #118 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Addison could be anywhere from B to A+.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Addison
1,217 jobs are based in Addison.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Addison, 2013 → 2023: 1,911 → 1,217. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Addison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Addison: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Addison workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,771 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The daily flow of workers through Addison
On a workday 1,567 residents head out to work, 113 work right here, and 1,104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,000 people are in Addison on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.72 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in West Bend
Where Addison clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Addison’s commute, mile by mile
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Addison: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Addison is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #294 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,825 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Addison households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Addison’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600, Addison ranks 490th of 4,402 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 488 | Clay Township IN | 3,381 | $90K | 2.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 489 | Rice Township PA | 3,834 | $111K | 6.1% | 1.4% | 3% | A |
| 490 | Addison WI | 3,416 | $113K | 3.7% | 3.7% | 7% | A |
| 491 | Townsend DE | 2,985 | $153K | 2.4% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| 492 | Wood Township IN | 2,978 | $87K | 4.4% | 0.1% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Addison, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Addison compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Wayne. Darker towns draw more of Addison’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Addison: questions
What is the median household income in Addison?
$112,935 (±$16,946) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Addison?
3.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Addison?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Addison work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Bend (12%, 8 mi), Milwaukee (8%, 31 mi), Hartford (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Addison walkable?
Addison is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Addison without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Addison, from the people who make the trip.
More of Addison
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.