With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Casco works elsewhere
Casco grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. There are 129 jobs in Casco, against 635 working residents. Only 1% work in Casco itself; outside it, Green Bay draws the most (21%, 20 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 Casco
Casco is a place people come home to
There are 129 jobs based in Casco, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Casco has about 660 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Casco and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for Casco residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Casco come from (12% 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 635 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Casco: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Casco is better than 82% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Casco’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Casco’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, Casco could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The workday shuffle in and out of Casco
On a workday 628 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Casco on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 Casco: the destinations
Where Casco clocks in
21% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 63% of the jobs in Casco
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Casco, 2013 → 2023: 102 → 129. 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 Casco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Casco’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Casco workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 513 commuters (the 6% 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.
Half of Casco commutes less than 20 miles
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.
For most of Casco, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Casco is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, the same share as across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 548 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 Casco households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Casco’s commuters take a bus or train.
Casco is 361st of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 359 | Redington Beach FL | 1,355 | $105K | 8.3% | 2.6% | 2% | A− |
| 360 | Christiana WI | 1,186 | $84K | 4.6% | 2.5% | <1% | A− |
| 361 | Casco WI | 1,170 | $97K | 2.3% | 0.5% | 1% | A− |
| 362 | Berry WI | 1,138 | $84K | 2.2% | 1.0% | <1% | A− |
| 363 | Medford MN | 1,377 | $108K | 4.9% | 3.3% | 3% | 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 Casco, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Casco and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Luxemburg (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Casco workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casco | – | A− | B− | 23 min | $96,667 |
| Pierce | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| West Kewaunee | 3% | B | B− | 26 min | $91,250 |
| Luxemburg | 4% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $89,167 |
| Lincoln | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Pierce: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lincoln: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Casco’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 Casco: questions
What is the median household income in Casco?
$96,667 (±$23,089) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Casco?
2.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Casco?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Casco work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (21%, 20 mi), Luxemburg (11%, 6 mi), Ashwaubenon (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Casco walkable?
Casco is more walkable than 53% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Casco without a car?
1% 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 Casco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Casco
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.