Photo: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Gibraltar’s household incomes are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns
5.7% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 10.6% for Wisconsin as a whole. The two grades for Gibraltar are B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 33% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Gibraltar in brief
Gibraltar is where the jobs are
Gibraltar has 658 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Gibraltar
33% of Gibraltar workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 397 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Gibraltar: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Gibraltar is better than 57% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Gibraltar’s grade up ($103,984, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Gibraltar’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, Gibraltar could be anywhere from B− to B+.
Who leaves Gibraltar for work, and who comes in
On a workday 316 residents head out to work, 81 work right here, and 577 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Gibraltar on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Gibraltar: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gibraltar workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 282 commuters (the 33% 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.
The distance from Gibraltar to work
About 32% 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.
The towns that send workers to Gibraltar
Where Gibraltar clocks in
21% of workers
9% 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 658 jobs based in Gibraltar
658 jobs are based in Gibraltar.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gibraltar, 2013 → 2023: 582 → 658. 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 Gibraltar’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Gibraltar: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gibraltar is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of 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 421 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 Gibraltar households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gibraltar’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,331st of 4,866: where Gibraltar ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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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| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,329 | Eagle Township KS | 1,251 | $72K | 9.1% | 5.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,330 | Newark Township MI | 1,113 | $75K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,331 | Gibraltar WI | 1,288 | $104K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 20% | B |
| 1,332 | Redfield AR | 1,492 | $72K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,333 | North Liberty IN | 1,624 | $75K | 8.3% | 6.4% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Gibraltar, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
12% of Gibraltar works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Ephraim (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gibraltar workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar | – | B | B− | 16 min | $103,984 |
| Ephraim | 5% | — | — | 11 min | — |
| Baileys Harbor | under 3% | C | B+ | 15 min | $73,514 |
| Egg Harbor | 2% | C | C+ | 21 min | $74,844 |
| Liberty Grove | 5% | B− | B+ | 15 min | $79,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ephraim: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gibraltar’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 Gibraltar: questions
What is the median household income in Gibraltar?
$103,984 (±$5,618) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gibraltar?
5.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gibraltar?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gibraltar work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sister Bay (21%, 7 mi), Sturgeon Bay (9%, 24 mi), Liberty Grove (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gibraltar walkable?
Gibraltar is more walkable than 46% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gibraltar 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 Gibraltar, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gibraltar
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.