Genoa City has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Genoa City is better than 68% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−). Employers in Genoa City report 509 jobs, and 1,287 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Genoa City itself; outside it, Lake Geneva draws the most (8%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Genoa City, in brief
What’s behind Genoa City’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Genoa City’s grade up (5.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (4.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Genoa City could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The trip to work from Genoa City: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Genoa City workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,367 commuters (the 7% 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.
Genoa City quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,244 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 466 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Genoa City on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Genoa City ends
Where Genoa City clocks in
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Genoa City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Genoa City, 2014 → 2024: 436 → 509. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Genoa City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Genoa City
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Genoa City is mostly behind the wheel
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,473 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). 2.4% of Genoa City households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Genoa City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Genoa City places 1,394th of 4,882 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Center WI | 3,706 | $115K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,392 | Sloan NY | 3,699 | $72K | 14.7% | 2.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,393 | Fort Pierre SD | 2,166 | $70K | 5.6% | 0.6% | 16% | B+ |
| 1,394 | Genoa City WI | 2,866 | $81K | 5.6% | 4.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,395 | Garden Plain Township KS | 2,133 | $79K | 7.7% | 3.0% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,396 | Harmony Township NJ | 2,542 | $92K | 3.9% | 5.8% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 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 Genoa City, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Genoa City compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Genoa City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa City | – | B+ | C− | 30 min | $81,213 |
| Bloomfield | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Randall | under 3% | A | C− | 27 min | $115,665 |
| Bloomfield | under 3% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $98,068 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bloomfield: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Genoa City’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 2024, 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 Genoa City: questions
What is the median household income in Genoa City?
$81,213 (±$10,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Genoa City?
5.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Genoa City?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Genoa City work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lake Geneva (8%, 8 mi), Madison (5%, 69 mi), Elkhorn (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Genoa City walkable?
Genoa City is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Genoa City 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 Genoa City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Genoa City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.