Fulton Congregational Church · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0Fulton has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Measured by household income, Fulton is ahead of 78% of U.S. towns. 657 jobs are based in Fulton for 1,480 working residents. For jobs and income Fulton is better than 94% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Fulton
Fulton and Janesville trade workers both ways
Janesville is the top workplace for Fulton residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Fulton come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fulton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fulton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fulton went from 459 in 2013 to 657 in 2023, +43%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Fulton are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of Fulton’s own working residents. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Fulton’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% 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, Fulton could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
18% of working residents work in Janesville
Where Fulton clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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.
Fulton’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fulton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,729 commuters (the 9% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 34% of the jobs in Fulton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fulton, 2013 → 2023: 459 → 657. 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 Fulton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Fulton by day
On a workday 1,422 residents head out to work, 58 work right here, and 599 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Fulton on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
How far Fulton goes to work
About 16% 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.
In Fulton, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,906 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). 0.7% of Fulton households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fulton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fulton places 277th of 4,318 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 275 | Redland AL | 4,982 | $130K | 1.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| 276 | Caernarvon Township PA | 4,600 | $119K | 6.5% | 0.6% | 9% | A |
| 277 | Fulton WI | 3,715 | $101K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 278 | Ball Ground GA | 3,470 | $118K | 1.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A |
| 279 | Rockford MN | 4,827 | $94K | 4.8% | 1.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Fulton, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Fulton: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Edgerton (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fulton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulton | – | A | C+ | 30 min | $101,336 |
| Edgerton | 9% | B | B+ | 26 min | $72,489 |
| Porter | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Milton | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $106,667 |
| Albion | under 2% | A | C+ | 25 min | $107,750 |
| Janesville | under 2% | A+ | C | 27 min | $102,660 |
Same-state neighbors only. Porter: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fulton’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 Fulton: questions
What is the median household income in Fulton?
$101,336 (±$29,798) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fulton?
2.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fulton?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fulton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Janesville (18%, 8 mi), Madison (12%, 27 mi), Edgerton (9%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fulton walkable?
Fulton is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fulton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fulton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fulton
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.