Work, pay and getting to work in Allenton
Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%. Only 2% work in Allenton itself; outside it, West Bend draws the most (10%, 8 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Allenton, in a few figures
Allenton makes and builds things
60% of the jobs based in Allenton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Allenton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Allenton pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Allenton pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Allenton than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Allenton fell from 749 in 2013 to 545 in 2023, −27%. 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 ↓
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; with 400 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In Allenton, 60% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
545 jobs are based in Allenton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Allenton, 2013 → 2023: 749 → 545. 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 Allenton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Allenton on a workday
On a workday 391 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 536 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Allenton on a workday afternoon, 17% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Allenton work
Where Allenton clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Allenton’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Allenton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 353 commuters (the 4% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Allenton
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.
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 Allenton: questions
What is the median household income in Allenton?
$102,868 (±$21,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Allenton?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Allenton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Allenton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Bend (10%, 8 mi), Milwaukee (8%, 31 mi), Menomonee Falls (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Allenton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Allenton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Allenton
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.