Photo: Iulus Ascanius at English Wikipedia · Public domainEllsworth has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Ellsworth report 164 jobs, and 499 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Ellsworth A−; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are higher than in 89% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Ellsworth apart
Ellsworth and Ellsworth trade workers both ways
Ellsworth is the top workplace for Ellsworth residents (19%) and also where the most people who work in Ellsworth come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ellsworth workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 499 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Ellsworth gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Ellsworth is better than 80% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Ellsworth’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Ellsworth’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, Ellsworth could be anywhere from B+ to A−.
19% of working residents work in Ellsworth
Where Ellsworth clocks in
19% 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 long Ellsworth spends getting to work: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellsworth workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 575 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.
Who commutes out of Ellsworth, and who commutes in
On a workday 486 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Ellsworth on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 41% of the jobs in Ellsworth
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellsworth, 2013 → 2023: 96 → 164. 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 Ellsworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Ellsworth
About 18% 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.
Driving is how Ellsworth gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ellsworth is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 655 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). 0.0% of Ellsworth households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ellsworth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ellsworth next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 342nd of 3,771 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 340 | Essex Township IL | 1,487 | $101K | 2.5% | 4.7% | 1% | A− |
| 341 | Philpot KY | 1,036 | $88K | 1.2% | 5.5% | 2% | A− |
| 342 | Ellsworth WI | 1,136 | $121K | 3.1% | 0.4% | 3% | A− |
| 343 | Milford WI | 1,108 | $88K | 4.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A− |
| 344 | Mitchell WI | 1,293 | $97K | 2.7% | 7.2% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Ellsworth, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Ellsworth
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellsworth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellsworth | – | A− | C | 31 min | $121,250 |
| Hartland | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Martell | under 2% | B+ | C | 37 min | $94,519 |
| El Paso | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
| Trimbelle | under 2% | B+ | C− | 28 min | $107,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hartland: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. El Paso: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ellsworth’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 Ellsworth: questions
What is the median household income in Ellsworth?
$121,250 (±$20,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellsworth?
3.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellsworth?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellsworth work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellsworth (19%, 3 mi), Red Wing (11%, 13 mi), River Falls (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ellsworth walkable?
Ellsworth is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellsworth 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 Ellsworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellsworth
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.