Hebron Town Hall · Photo: Sa magnuson33 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Hebron works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Hebron; the top destination outside it is Fort Atkinson (11%, 7 miles). 69 jobs are based in Hebron for 543 working residents. The two grades for Hebron are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hebron stands out on work
Hebron is a place people come home to
There are 69 jobs based in Hebron, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hebron has about 580 people in it, 45% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hebron workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 543 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Hebron’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Hebron is better than 74% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Hebron’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, Hebron could be anywhere from B− to A.
Hebron on a workday afternoon
On a workday 538 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Hebron on a workday afternoon, 45% 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.
The trip to work from Hebron: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hebron workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 493 commuters (the 17% 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 places Hebron commutes to
Where Hebron clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 64% of work in Hebron
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hebron, 2013 → 2023: 64 → 69. 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 Hebron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Hebron commutes
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 Hebron, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hebron is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 595 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). 0.8% of Hebron households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hebron’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Hebron comes 385th on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 383 | Rosendale WI | 1,042 | $96K | 6.7% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 384 | Clear Creek Township NE | 1,303 | $85K | 6.2% | 1.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 385 | Hebron WI | 1,054 | $94K | 6.1% | 5.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 386 | Santa Ana Pueblo NM | 1,026 | $86K | 5.5% | 2.9% | 19% | B+ |
| 387 | Milan OH | 1,344 | $98K | 7.1% | 1.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Hebron, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Hebron compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hebron workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron | – | B+ | D | 27 min | $94,438 |
| Cold Spring | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Jefferson | under 3% | A | B− | 25 min | $99,667 |
| Sullivan | under 3% | B | D | 36 min | $85,833 |
| Koshkonong | under 3% | A | C− | 19 min | $102,831 |
| Palmyra | under 3% | A− | B− | 28 min | $86,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Cold Spring: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hebron’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 Hebron: questions
What is the median household income in Hebron?
$94,438 (±$26,912) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hebron?
6.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hebron?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hebron work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Atkinson (11%, 7 mi), Jefferson (6%, 6 mi), Madison (6%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hebron walkable?
Hebron is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hebron 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 Hebron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hebron
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.