A job hub: Ashwaubenon has 3.4 jobs per working resident, and 27,105 people come in to work
There are 28,864 jobs in Ashwaubenon, and 8,410 of its residents work somewhere. Ashwaubenon grades B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in five work in Ashwaubenon itself; outside it, Green Bay draws the most (25%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ashwaubenon and work: the main findings
Ashwaubenon fills up on a workday
Ashwaubenon has 28,864 jobs, 3.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 38,000 people are in town, more than double the 17,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Ashwaubenon works one town over
38% of working residents work in a town that borders Ashwaubenon: Green Bay (25%), De Pere (9%) and Lawrence (2%). Next door ↓
Most Ashwaubenon residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Commutes from Ashwaubenon are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin worker. 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 four measures behind Ashwaubenon’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ashwaubenon is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #246 of 362 in Wisconsin. Job access by car holds Ashwaubenon’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ashwaubenon could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Ashwaubenon
On a workday 6,651 residents head out to work and 1,759 work right here.
About 38,000 people are in Ashwaubenon on a workday afternoon, 118% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far Ashwaubenon’s workers travel
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily trip from Ashwaubenon: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ashwaubenon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7,888 commuters (the 15% 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.
Where the people who work in Ashwaubenon live
Where Ashwaubenon clocks in
25% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Ashwaubenon
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ashwaubenon, 2013 → 2023: 27,995 → 28,864. 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 Ashwaubenon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Ashwaubenon is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ashwaubenon is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns, #98 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Ashwaubenon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,256 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). 5.0% of Ashwaubenon households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ashwaubenon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ashwaubenon is 1,002nd of 1,999 U.S. towns of 12,000 to 23,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Whitefish Bay WI | 14,489 | $157K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Verona WI | 16,821 | $120K | 1.4% | 1.6% | 21% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,000 | Fishkill NY | 22,937 | $101K | 7.7% | 6.0% | 9% | B |
| 1,001 | Tucson Estates AZ | 12,136 | $67K | 7.8% | 2.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,002 | Ashwaubenon WI | 17,398 | $70K | 11.6% | 2.8% | 21% | B |
| 1,003 | Snellville GA | 22,478 | $90K | 8.9% | 5.9% | 5% | B |
| 1,004 | Harwich MA | 13,635 | $97K | 4.9% | 4.7% | 17% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,999 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Ashwaubenon, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
38% of Ashwaubenon works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ashwaubenon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashwaubenon | – | B | B+ | 16 min | $69,667 |
| Hobart | under 2% | A+ | C | 19 min | $103,440 |
| De Pere | 9% | A | B+ | 17 min | $84,869 |
| Green Bay | 25% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $66,206 |
| Lawrence | 2% | A+ | C− | 20 min | $107,500 |
| Allouez | 2% | A | B | 19 min | $91,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Green Bay. Darker towns draw more of Ashwaubenon’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 Ashwaubenon: questions
What is the median household income in Ashwaubenon?
$69,667 (±$7,450) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ashwaubenon?
11.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ashwaubenon?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ashwaubenon work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (25%, 6 mi), De Pere (9%, 3 mi), Howard (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ashwaubenon walkable?
Ashwaubenon is more walkable than 70% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ashwaubenon without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ashwaubenon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ashwaubenon
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.