Dupont has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
A typical one-way commute lasts 24 minutes (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Dupont has 54 jobs for 370 working residents. Only 1% stay in Dupont for work; outside it, Clintonville is the main destination (11%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Dupont apart
Dupont on a workday afternoon
On a workday 366 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Dupont on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Dupont goes to work
Where Dupont clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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 Dupont, 67% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dupont, 2014 → 2024: 45 → 54. 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 Dupont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Dupont spends getting to work: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dupont workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 18% 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 Dupont commutes less than 33 miles
About 22% 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.
The towns around Dupont
The biggest share goes to Marion (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dupont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dupont | – | — | — | 24 min | $76,667 |
| Wyoming | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Marion | 5% | D | C | 24 min | $60,521 |
| Union | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Larrabee | under 3% | C | C+ | 22 min | $80,515 |
| Grant | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wyoming and Union: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Grant: 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 Dupont’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 Dupont: questions
What is the median household income in Dupont?
$76,667 (±$11,548) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dupont?
6.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dupont?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dupont work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clintonville (11%, 9 mi), Appleton (6%, 36 mi), Marion (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dupont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dupont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dupont
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.