Photo: Fredsteve3 · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Denmark (1.1%) than in 94% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Denmark itself; outside it, Green Bay draws the most (21%, 14 miles). Denmark grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The trip to work takes 20 minutes 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
Denmark at work: what stands out
Denmark makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Denmark are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Denmark residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 31%. The jobs ↓
Denmark and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for Denmark residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Denmark come from (21% 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Denmark
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Denmark is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #225 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Denmark’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (11.6%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Denmark could be anywhere from B to A−.
Goods jobs make up 57% of work in Denmark
1,478 jobs are based in Denmark.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Denmark, 2013 → 2023: 1,181 → 1,478. 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 Denmark’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Denmark’s working residents head each day
Where Denmark clocks in
21% of workers
5% 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 a workday changes Denmark
On a workday 1,059 residents head out to work, 134 work right here, and 1,344 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Denmark on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 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.
How long Denmark spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Denmark workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,274 commuters (the 7% 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 Denmark
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.
In Denmark, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Denmark is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #203 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,375 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). 0.5% of Denmark households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Denmark’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900, Denmark comes 1,273rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Center WI | 3,706 | $115K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,271 | Burnt Mills MD | 3,751 | $113K | 8.2% | 7.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,272 | Wellsville KS | 2,002 | $84K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,273 | Denmark WI | 2,875 | $76K | 11.6% | 1.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,274 | Washington Township IN | 2,517 | $71K | 8.9% | 0.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,275 | Floyd NY | 3,668 | $98K | 13.0% | 1.3% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Denmark, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
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 Denmark: questions
What is the median household income in Denmark?
$75,714 (±$5,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Denmark?
11.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Denmark?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Denmark work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (21%, 14 mi), Ashwaubenon (7%, 16 mi), Bellevue (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Denmark walkable?
Denmark is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Denmark without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Denmark, from the people who make the trip.
More of Denmark
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.