With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Carlton works elsewhere
The two grades for Carlton are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Employers in Carlton report 193 jobs, against 480 working residents. Only 2% work in Carlton itself; outside it, Kewaunee draws the most (15%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Carlton
Fewer jobs are based in Carlton than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Carlton fell from 655 in 2013 to 193 in 2023, −71%. 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 ↓
Carlton and Kewaunee trade workers both ways
Kewaunee is the top workplace for Carlton residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Carlton come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 480 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Carlton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Carlton is better than 62% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Carlton’s grade up (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Carlton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Carlton could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Carlton works in goods: 53% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carlton, 2013 → 2023: 655 → 193. 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 Carlton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Carlton commutes to
Where Carlton clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
In and out of Carlton on a workday
On a workday 469 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Carlton on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
From Carlton, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carlton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 423 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.
How far Carlton’s workers travel
About 17% 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.
Carlton is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Carlton is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 475 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). 2.0% of Carlton households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Carlton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Carlton places 686th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 684 | Greenwich Township OH | 1,018 | $78K | 2.7% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 685 | Jackson Township OH | 1,169 | $82K | 8.7% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 686 | Carlton WI | 1,016 | $81K | 6.0% | 4.0% | 2% | B |
| 687 | Powells Crossroads TN | 1,296 | $68K | 4.5% | 3.1% | <1% | B |
| 688 | Caney Township KS | 1,096 | $89K | 2.6% | 1.0% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Carlton, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Carlton
The biggest share goes to Franklin (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carlton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlton | – | B | C | 26 min | $81,250 |
| Franklin | 4% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| West Kewaunee | 3% | B | B− | 26 min | $91,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Franklin: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carlton’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 Carlton: questions
What is the median household income in Carlton?
$81,250 (±$17,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carlton?
6.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carlton?
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 Carlton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kewaunee (15%, 7 mi), Green Bay (11%, 22 mi), Luxemburg (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Carlton walkable?
Carlton is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Carlton 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 Carlton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carlton
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.