Photo: Shadowe · CC BY-SA 3.0Hartland has higher household incomes than 65% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 5.2% of residents, next to 10.6% for Wisconsin as a whole. Hartland grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten stay in Hartland for work; outside it, Milwaukee is the main destination (10%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Hartland in brief
Hartland draws workers from far and wide
The 6,422 jobs in Hartland are filled from a wide area. Hartland’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 35%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Hartland pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Hartland pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Hartland
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hartland is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #182 of 362 in Wisconsin. Job access by car holds Hartland’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hartland could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Where Hartland goes to work
Where Hartland clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
33% of the jobs in Hartland make or build things
6,422 jobs are based in Hartland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hartland, 2014 → 2024: 5,754 → 6,422. 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 Hartland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Hartland, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,299 residents head out to work, 383 work right here, and 6,039 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Hartland on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Hartland 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 Hartland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,540 commuters (the 16% 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 Hartland to work
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.
Most trips from Hartland start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hartland is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns, #121 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Hartland near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,398 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 0.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 43% 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). 5.0% of Hartland households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hartland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hartland is 758th of 2,280 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 14,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 27 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Cottage Grove WI | 8,930 | $139K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 756 | Clayton CA | 10,842 | $176K | 2.5% | 6.7% | 4% | A− |
| 757 | Maplewood MO | 8,033 | $65K | 8.7% | 2.0% | 5% | A− |
| 758 | Hartland WI | 10,740 | $88K | 5.2% | 4.8% | 8% | A− |
| 759 | Lunenburg MA | 12,043 | $113K | 4.2% | 5.0% | 8% | A− |
| 760 | Prairie Ridge WA | 12,074 | $114K | 3.7% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,280 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Hartland, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Hartland and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Delafield (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hartland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland | – | A− | B | 22 min | $87,754 |
| Merton | under 3% | A+ | C | 24 min | $119,297 |
| Delafield | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Delafield | 3% | A | B− | 25 min | $94,806 |
| Lisbon | under 3% | A+ | D | 22 min | $123,720 |
Same-state neighbors only. Delafield: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hartland’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 Hartland: questions
What is the median household income in Hartland?
$87,754 (±$15,836) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hartland?
5.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hartland?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hartland work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (10%, 19 mi), Waukesha (8%, 8 mi), Pewaukee (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hartland walkable?
Hartland is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hartland without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hartland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hartland
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.