Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Eagle (1.6%) than in 89% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. Eagle grades A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% work in Eagle; the top destination outside it is Waukesha (11%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Eagle stands out on work
Eagle makes and builds things
81% of the jobs based in Eagle are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Eagle residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Eagle workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Eagle has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Eagle went from 698 in 2013 to 1,006 in 2023, +44%. The jobs ↓
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 918 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Eagle’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eagle is better than 97% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eagle could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Making and building: 81% of jobs based in Eagle
1,006 jobs are based in Eagle.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle, 2013 → 2023: 698 → 1,006. 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 Eagle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Eagle spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,094 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.
How many people are in Eagle by day
On a workday 898 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 986 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 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.
The places Eagle commutes to
Where Eagle clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Eagle
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.
Most trips from Eagle start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eagle is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Eagle near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,178 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.3% of Eagle households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eagle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Eagle ranks 126th of 5,404 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 124 | Omro WI | 2,409 | $121K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 125 | Dunkirk MD | 2,166 | $149K | 1.8% | 2.0% | 6% | A+ |
| 126 | Eagle WI | 2,115 | $112K | 2.9% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 127 | Prairie Du Long Township IL | 2,549 | $159K | 0.5% | 1.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 128 | Elizabeth Township OH | 1,719 | $125K | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Eagle, 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 Eagle: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle?
$112,083 (±$24,226) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle?
2.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waukesha (11%, 14 mi), Milwaukee (9%, 28 mi), Mukwonago (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eagle walkable?
Eagle is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eagle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle
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.