Eldorado has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Eldorado report 98 jobs, against 692 working residents. Eldorado grades A for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Eldorado is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Eldorado in brief
Eldorado and Fond du Lac trade workers both ways
Fond du Lac is the top workplace for Eldorado residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Eldorado come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Eldorado is a place people come home to
There are 98 jobs based in Eldorado, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eldorado has about 810 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 692 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Eldorado’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Eldorado is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.0%) is left out: Eldorado’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, Eldorado could be anywhere from A− to A.
31% of working residents work in Fond du Lac
Where Eldorado clocks in
31% of workers
11% 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 Eldorado
On a workday 688 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 94 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Eldorado on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Eldorado works in goods: 38% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eldorado, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 98. 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 Eldorado’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Eldorado, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eldorado workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 693 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Eldorado
About 15% 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.
For most of Eldorado, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eldorado is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Eldorado 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 731 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). 0.6% of Eldorado households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eldorado’s commuters take a bus or train.
Eldorado next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900: 292nd of 5,877 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 290 | Fox Township IL | 1,674 | $116K | 1.5% | 0.4% | 1% | A |
| 291 | Hartford Township OH | 1,476 | $131K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 292 | Eldorado WI | 1,399 | $105K | 3.2% | 3.0% | 1% | A |
| 293 | Long Beach IN | 1,158 | $122K | 3.8% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| 294 | Earlham IA | 1,396 | $115K | 4.7% | 4.2% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Eldorado, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Eldorado
The biggest share goes to Lamartine (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eldorado workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eldorado | – | A | D | 23 min | $105,078 |
| Nekimi | under 2% | A− | C | 19 min | $97,000 |
| Friendship | under 2% | A | D | 22 min | $70,272 |
| Rosendale | 1% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Lamartine | 2% | A− | C− | 22 min | $95,227 |
Same-state neighbors only. Rosendale: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eldorado’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 Eldorado: questions
What is the median household income in Eldorado?
$105,078 (±$6,120) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eldorado?
3.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eldorado?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eldorado work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fond du Lac (31%, 9 mi), Oshkosh (11%, 11 mi), Ripon (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eldorado walkable?
Eldorado is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eldorado without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eldorado, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eldorado
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.