Hardly anyone in Algoma is out of work
21% of workers work from home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. Jobs and income earn Algoma A+; getting around on foot earns it D. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Algoma
44% of Algoma works in Oshkosh
1,402 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Oshkosh, 3.6 miles away across the town line. That’s 22 times as many as work in Algoma itself. The commute map ↓
Algoma is a place people come home to
There are 548 jobs based in Algoma, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Algoma has about 4,300 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Algoma
21% of Algoma workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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 Algoma’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Algoma is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #57 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Algoma could be anywhere from A to A+.
44% of working residents work in Oshkosh
Where Algoma clocks in
44% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
Algoma on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,161 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 499 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,300 people are in Algoma on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
0.17 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 2024, primary jobs.
Algoma’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Algoma workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,694 commuters (the 21% 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.
Jobs in Algoma: what the 548 are
548 jobs are based in Algoma.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Algoma, 2014 → 2024: 439 → 548. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Algoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Algoma, by distance
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Algoma start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Algoma is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #336 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,409 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 6% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.2% of Algoma households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Algoma’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Algoma is 212th of 3,167 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 210 | Malverne NY | 8,476 | $149K | 8.2% | 2.3% | 4% | A+ |
| 211 | East Caln Township PA | 5,971 | $102K | 1.7% | 2.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 212 | Algoma WI | 6,956 | $107K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 213 | Four Corners MD | 8,150 | $203K | 4.4% | 3.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 214 | Atherton CA | 6,960 | $250K | 5.3% | 3.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,167 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Algoma, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 44% of Algoma’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Oshkosh. Darker towns draw more of Algoma’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 2024, 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 Algoma: questions
What is the median household income in Algoma?
$107,290 (±$6,646) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Algoma?
5.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Algoma?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Algoma work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oshkosh (44%, 4 mi), Neenah (4%, 12 mi), Fond du Lac (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Algoma walkable?
Algoma is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Algoma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Algoma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Algoma
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.