Photo: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, photographer not specified or unknown · Public domainDe Pere has lower unemployment (1.7%) than 88% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn De Pere A; getting around on foot earns it B+. About one in seven work in De Pere; the top destination outside it is Green Bay (22%, 8 miles). Commuters spend 17 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
De Pere and work: the main findings
De Pere and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for De Pere residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in De Pere come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most De Pere residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
De Pere gains people on a workday
About 31,000 people are in De Pere on a workday afternoon, 23% more than the 26,000 who live here: 16,000 come in to work and 9,900 head out. Day and night ↓
De Pere makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in De Pere are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs De Pere residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from De Pere are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin 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.
Inside De Pere’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($84,869, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, De Pere could be anywhere from A− to A.
Where De Pere goes to work
Where De Pere clocks in
22% of workers
3% 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.
How far it is to work from De Pere
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.
Who leaves De Pere for work, and who comes in
On a workday 9,923 residents head out to work, 1,808 work right here, and 15,778 people come in from elsewhere.
About 31,000 people are in De Pere on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.50 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
De Pere works in goods: 36% of its jobs
17,586 jobs are based in De Pere.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in De Pere, 2013 → 2023: 13,894 → 17,586. 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 De Pere’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from De Pere: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of De Pere workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11,486 commuters (the 13% 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.
Few in De Pere walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, De Pere is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #96 of 362 in Wisconsin. 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 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 13,187 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). 3.6% of De Pere households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of De Pere’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, De Pere is 333rd among 1,576 U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Muskego WI | 25,602 | $112K | 3.0% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 69 | Mequon WI | 25,120 | $144K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Germantown WI | 21,050 | $100K | 4.9% | 2.1% | 12% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | Plymouth Township MI | 27,130 | $117K | 4.7% | 4.6% | 8% | A |
| 332 | Sherwood OR | 20,535 | $110K | 4.3% | 3.5% | 8% | A |
| 333 | De Pere WI | 25,590 | $85K | 5.6% | 1.7% | 15% | A |
| 334 | Ramsey MN | 29,624 | $116K | 4.1% | 4.4% | 8% | A |
| 335 | Danvers MA | 29,211 | $125K | 4.8% | 4.7% | 14% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | 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 De Pere, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 18% of De Pere’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ashwaubenon (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | De Pere workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Pere | – | A | B+ | 17 min | $84,869 |
| Ledgeview | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 19 min | $130,040 |
| Ashwaubenon | 14% | B | B+ | 16 min | $69,667 |
| Lawrence | 2% | A+ | C− | 20 min | $107,500 |
| Rockland | under 2% | A+ | D− | 21 min | $127,639 |
| Allouez | 2% | A | B | 19 min | $91,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of De Pere’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 De Pere: questions
What is the median household income in De Pere?
$84,869 (±$7,201) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in De Pere?
5.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from De Pere?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in De Pere work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (22%, 8 mi), Ashwaubenon (14%, 3 mi), Appleton (3%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is De Pere walkable?
De Pere is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around De Pere without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from De Pere, from the people who make the trip.
More of De Pere
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.