Easton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Easton report 160 jobs, and 379 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Easton is better than 6% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−). Household incomes here are lower than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Easton, in brief
Easton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (26 to 37 minutes). Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
38% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 379 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Easton’s grade explained
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Easton’s grade.
Unemployment (7.2%) is left out: Easton’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Easton could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Time on the road from Easton: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Easton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 339 commuters (the 12% 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.
The commute from Easton, by distance
About 38% 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 commutes out of Easton, and who commutes in
On a workday 376 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Easton on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2023, primary jobs.
7% of working residents work in Lake Delton
Where Easton clocks in
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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Easton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Easton, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 160. 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 Easton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Easton is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 384 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). 2.0% of Easton households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Easton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Easton comes 3,306th on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,304 | Mount Hope WV | 1,234 | $34K | 32.3% | 14.6% | 2% | D |
| 3,305 | Strong ME | 1,122 | $48K | 13.9% | 0.0% | 7% | D |
| 3,306 | Easton WI | 1,078 | $54K | 19.5% | 7.2% | 1% | D |
| 3,307 | Lone Star TX | 1,391 | $39K | 28.0% | 8.1% | 2% | D |
| 3,308 | Lake Linden MI | 1,041 | $43K | 13.8% | 9.2% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Easton, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Easton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Easton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Easton | – | D | D− | 41 min | $54,405 |
| New Chester | under 3% | D− | D− | 37 min | $49,028 |
| Quincy | 3% | D | C+ | 27 min | $42,448 |
| Adams | under 3% | C | C+ | 26 min | $68,571 |
| Springville | under 3% | C | C | 35 min | $62,667 |
| Grand Marsh | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grand Marsh: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Quincy. Darker towns draw more of Easton’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 Easton: questions
What is the median household income in Easton?
$54,405 (±$6,422) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Easton?
19.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Easton?
41 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Easton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Delton (7%, 18 mi), Friendship (7%, 8 mi), Mauston (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Easton walkable?
Easton is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Easton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Easton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Easton
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.