Albert and Theresa Marx House · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0Cashton draws 1,010 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident
5% of workers work from home (Wisconsin 13%). Employers in Cashton report 1,067 jobs, against 489 working residents. For jobs and income Cashton is better than 21% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (A).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Cashton in brief
Cashton is where the jobs are
Cashton has 1,067 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,800 people are in town, 49% more than the 1,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Jobs in Cashton have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Cashton went from 515 in 2014 to 1,067 in 2024, +107%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Cashton pay better than its residents’ jobs
78% of the jobs based in Cashton pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 63% of the jobs Cashton residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Cashton. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 489 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Cashton’s grade
Household income holds Cashton’s grade up ($70,074, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.3%) is left out: Cashton’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, Cashton could be anywhere from D to B.
Cashton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 432 residents head out to work and 57 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Cashton on a workday afternoon, 49% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
78% of the jobs in Cashton pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cashton, 2014 → 2024: 515 → 1,067. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cashton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Cashton’s workforce comes from
Where Cashton clocks in
17% of workers
14% 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.
The daily trip from Cashton: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cashton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 494 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Cashton
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Cashton is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 521 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). 6.7% of Cashton households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cashton’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Cashton ranks: 2,873rd of 4,312 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% | 2% | 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% | 2% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,871 | Pawlet VT | 1,380 | $62K | 10.0% | 2.8% | 12% | C− |
| 2,872 | Lincolnville SC | 1,241 | $40K | 23.5% | 3.7% | 0% | C− |
| 2,873 | Cashton WI | 1,174 | $70K | 20.7% | 5.3% | 12% | C− |
| 2,874 | Lusk WY | 1,421 | $69K | 10.3% | 4.9% | 45% | C− |
| 2,875 | Lamard Township IL | 1,324 | $69K | 12.2% | 1.9% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Cashton, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Cashton and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Portland (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cashton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cashton | – | C− | A | 27 min | $70,074 |
| Portland | 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Jefferson | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Portland and Jefferson: 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 Cashton’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 2024, 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 Cashton: questions
What is the median household income in Cashton?
$70,074 (±$14,237) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cashton?
20.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cashton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cashton work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sparta (17%, 14 mi), La Crosse (14%, 23 mi), Onalaska (4%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Cashton walkable?
Cashton is more walkable than 86% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.6 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cashton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cashton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cashton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.