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Jobs & commute in Avon

Most of Avon commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident

Hardly any work in Avon; the top destination outside it is Beloit (16%, 14 miles). Avon has 98 jobs for 264 working residents. The average commute takes 26 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Avon

On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere.

263live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
97work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night570
Workday410
570live here− 260head out to work+ 97come in to work= 410on a workday

About 410 people are in Avon on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.37jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The towns that employ Avon’s residents

WinnebagoSouth Beloit: 6 residents work here (2%)Machesney Park: 3 residents work here (1%)Footville: 5 residents work here (2%)Orfordville: 12 residents work here (5%)Brodhead: 12 residents work here (5%)EvansvilleMonroeBeloit: 42 residents work here (16%)Janesville: 30 residents work here (11%)Madison: 30 residents work here (11%)Milwaukee: 5 residents work here (2%)Laona TownshipShirland TownshipBuckeye TownshipSpring ValleySpring GroveBeloit: 9 residents work here (3%)AvonNewarkBeloitJanesvilleMadisonOrfordvilleBrodheadBeloitAvon
1
Beloit14.1 mi away
16%42
2
Janesville17.5 mi away
11%30
3
Madison38.6 mi away
11%30
4
Orfordville6.5 mi away
5%12
5
Brodhead6.8 mi away
5%12
6
Beloit11.3 mi away
3%9
7
South Beloit, IL14.1 mi away
2%6
8
Footville10.1 mi away
2%5
9
Milwaukee76.4 mi away
2%5
10
Machesney Park, IL18.1 mi away
1%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%110
The top trips

Where Avon clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Avon

Jobs based in AvonJobs Avon residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%31%
Trade, transport & utilities2%22%
Services: health, schools, offices98%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month11%22%
Over $3,333 a month77%65%

Who does it

29 or younger27%21%
30 to 5460%47%
55 and older13%32%
+56%

Jobs based in Avon, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 98. 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 Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Each way, about 26 minutes from Avon

A year of commuting
197 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Avon26 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
8%

of Avon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Avon gets to work
84%Drive alone
16%Carpool

Share of the 335 commuters (the 8% 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.

How far

Near or far: the trip to work from Avon

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBeloit: 16% · 14.1 miJanesville: 11% · 17.5 miMadison: 11% · 38.6 miOrfordville: 5% · 6.5 miBrodhead: 5% · 6.8 miBeloit: 3% · 11.3 miSouth Beloit: 2% · 14.1 miFootville: 2% · 10.1 miMilwaukee: 2% · 76.4 miMachesney Park: 1% · 18.1 miBeloit 16%Janesville 11%Madison 11%Orfordville 5%Brodhead 5%Avon
AvonTop destinations (size = commuters)
13%Under 10 mi34 residents
46%10–24 mi121 residents
22%25–50 mi59 residents
19%Over 50 mi50 residents

About 19% 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.

Next door

Next door to Avon

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Spring Valley20 min
Spring Grove24 min
Avon26 min
Newark27 min
Shirland Township27 min
Laona Township33 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownAvon workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Avon–——26 min$91,653
Newarkunder 2%A−D27 min$95,667
Spring Groveunder 2%——24 min—
Spring Valleyunder 2%——20 min—

Same-state neighbors only. Spring Grove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Spring Valley: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Avon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Avon: questions

What is the median household income in Avon?

$91,653 (±$4,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Avon?

3.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Avon?

26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Avon work?

<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Beloit (16%, 14 mi), Janesville (11%, 18 mi), Madison (11%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Avon without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Avon, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Avon

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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.