Barteau Bridge · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Bovina commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% stay in Bovina for work; outside it, Appleton is the main destination (14%, 15 miles). Employers in Bovina report 150 jobs, against 552 working residents. Jobs and income earn Bovina A; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bovina at work: what stands out
Bovina is a place people come home to
There are 150 jobs based in Bovina, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Bovina has about 790 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Bovina workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical 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; with 552 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Bovina gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Bovina is better than 86% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.7%) is left out: Bovina’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Bovina could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In and out of Bovina on a workday
On a workday 545 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Bovina on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer 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.
The trip to work from Bovina: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bovina workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 554 commuters (the 11% 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 towns that employ Bovina’s residents
Where Bovina clocks in
14% 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.
Bovina makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bovina, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 150. 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 Bovina’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Bovina commutes
About 16% 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.
In Bovina, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bovina is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Bovina 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 619 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). 1.0% of Bovina households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Bovina’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bovina places 278th of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 21 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 276 | Toro Canyon CA | 1,477 | $141K | 6.0% | 5.9% | 5% | A |
| 277 | Arlington NE | 1,329 | $94K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 278 | Bovina WI | 1,190 | $95K | 1.3% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| 279 | Ruckersville VA | 1,399 | $102K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2% | A |
| 280 | Springville IA | 1,160 | $93K | 2.7% | 5.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Bovina, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bovina and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bovina workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bovina | – | A | C− | 31 min | $94,643 |
| Liberty | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Maine | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Black Creek | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Ellington | under 3% | A | D− | 27 min | $94,306 |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Maine and Black Creek: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bovina’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 Bovina: questions
What is the median household income in Bovina?
$94,643 (±$25,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bovina?
1.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bovina?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bovina work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Appleton (14%, 15 mi), Grand Chute (8%, 12 mi), Neenah (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bovina walkable?
Bovina is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bovina 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 Bovina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bovina
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.