Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Forestville has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 94 jobs in Forestville, against 262 working residents. Only 2% work in Forestville; the top destination outside it is Sturgeon Bay (37%, 10 miles). For 4% of workers, the job is at home; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Forestville stands out on work
37% of Forestville works in Sturgeon Bay
97 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Sturgeon Bay, 11 miles away. That’s 19 times as many as work in Forestville itself. The commute map ↓
Few Forestville workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 262 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Forestville ends
Where Forestville clocks in
37% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Forestville takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Forestville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 247 commuters (the 4% 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.
Forestville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Forestville on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
Forestville works in goods: 72% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Forestville, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 94. 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 Forestville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Forestville commutes
About 20% 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.
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 Forestville: questions
What is the median household income in Forestville?
$83,804 (±$10,669) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Forestville?
3.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Forestville?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Forestville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sturgeon Bay (37%, 10 mi), Green Bay (8%, 28 mi), Sturgeon Bay (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Forestville 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 Forestville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Forestville
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.