Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Herman works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns. Herman has 402 jobs, and 1,090 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Herman A−; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Herman apart on work
Herman and Sheboygan trade workers both ways
Sheboygan is the top workplace for Herman residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Herman come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Herman are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin worker. Time on the road ↓
Herman empties out on a workday
About 1,500 people are in Herman on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 2,200 who live here: 1,100 head out to work and 380 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Herman
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Herman is better than 75% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($104,615, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Herman could be anywhere from B− to A.
22% of working residents work in Sheboygan
Where Herman clocks in
22% of workers
9% 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.
How long Herman spends getting to work: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Herman workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 966 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.
Who commutes out of Herman, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,064 residents head out to work, 26 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Herman on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The kinds of work in Herman
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Herman, 2014 → 2024: 478 → 402. 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 Herman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Herman
About 15% 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 Herman is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Herman is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 16.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,035 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). 1.4% of Herman households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Herman’s commuters take a bus or train.
949th of 5,404: where Herman ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 947 | North Hopewell Township PA | 2,805 | $109K | 3.6% | 4.9% | 1% | A− |
| 948 | Slippery Rock Township PA | 2,851 | $79K | 5.1% | 2.3% | 3% | A− |
| 949 | Herman WI | 2,160 | $105K | 7.7% | 3.1% | 2% | A− |
| 950 | Cass Township IN | 2,024 | $72K | 2.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A− |
| 951 | Elk Rapids Township MI | 2,647 | $83K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 18% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Herman, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Herman compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sheboygan Falls (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Herman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman | – | A− | B+ | 17 min | $104,615 |
| Mosel | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Meeme | under 3% | A− | C− | 22 min | $98,750 |
| Rhine | under 3% | A− | D | 19 min | $98,542 |
| Sheboygan Falls | 4% | C+ | C+ | 16 min | $71,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mosel: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Herman’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 Herman: questions
What is the median household income in Herman?
$104,615 (±$9,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Herman?
7.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Herman?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Herman work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sheboygan (22%, 10 mi), Kohler (9%, 9 mi), Plymouth (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Herman walkable?
Herman is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 17% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Herman 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 Herman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Herman
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.