Photo: Royalbroil - · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Caledonia works elsewhere
Employers in Caledonia report 3,757 jobs; 12,158 of its residents have a job. Caledonia grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 5% work in Caledonia; the top destination outside it is Milwaukee (16%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Caledonia, in brief
A lot of Caledonia works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Caledonia: Racine (15%), Mount Pleasant (7%) and Oak Creek (5%). Next door ↓
Caledonia empties out on a workday
About 17,000 people are in Caledonia on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than the 25,000 who live here: 11,000 head out to work and 3,100 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Caledonia gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Caledonia is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #125 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate is its strongest input (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Caledonia could be anywhere from A− to A.
The daily commute in and out of Caledonia
On a workday 11,497 residents head out to work, 661 work right here, and 3,096 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Caledonia on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting out of Caledonia: the destinations
Where Caledonia clocks in
16% of workers
15% 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.
What Caledonia’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Caledonia, 2013 → 2023: 3,740 → 3,757. 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 Caledonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Caledonia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Caledonia workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,914 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.
Caledonia’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Most trips from Caledonia start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Caledonia is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #264 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Caledonia 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 12,260 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% 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 1.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 59% 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). 3.8% of Caledonia households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Caledonia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Caledonia is 345th of 1,516 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 34,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Muskego WI | 25,602 | $112K | 3.0% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Mequon WI | 25,120 | $144K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Germantown WI | 21,050 | $100K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | Shoreview MN | 26,906 | $108K | 5.6% | 4.3% | 6% | A |
| 344 | Cottonwood Heights UT | 32,265 | $119K | 7.6% | 3.4% | 8% | A |
| 345 | Caledonia WI | 25,229 | $93K | 4.5% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| 346 | Ashland MA | 19,177 | $128K | 3.5% | 5.4% | 7% | A |
| 347 | Casa de Oro-Mount Helix CA | 19,765 | $125K | 4.8% | 4.9% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,516 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Caledonia, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Caledonia and its neighbors: 27% work next door
The biggest share goes to Racine (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Caledonia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caledonia | – | A | C | 26 min | $93,152 |
| Racine | 15% | C | A | 23 min | $57,740 |
| Oak Creek | 5% | A+ | B | 23 min | $96,555 |
| Mount Pleasant | 7% | A− | B− | 21 min | $91,616 |
| Wind Point | under 2% | A+ | B | 28 min | $142,955 |
| Raymond | under 2% | A+ | C− | 27 min | $109,464 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Caledonia’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 Caledonia: questions
What is the median household income in Caledonia?
$93,152 (±$6,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Caledonia?
4.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Caledonia?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Caledonia work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (16%, 19 mi), Racine (15%, 6 mi), Mount Pleasant (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Caledonia walkable?
Caledonia is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Caledonia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Caledonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Caledonia
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.