Household incomes in Hortonia are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 5.8% of residents, where Wisconsin as a whole has 10.6%. Hortonia grades A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Hortonia for work; outside it, Appleton is the main destination (13%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hortonia, in a few figures
Hortonia makes and builds things
89% of the jobs based in Hortonia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hortonia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. The jobs ↓
Hortonia is where the jobs are
Hortonia has 855 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Hortonia pay better than its residents’ jobs
90% of the jobs based in Hortonia pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 63% of the jobs Hortonia residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Hortonia. The jobs ↓
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 515 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Hortonia’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Hortonia is better than 84% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Hortonia’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Hortonia’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, Hortonia could be anywhere from B+ to A.
A place that makes things: 89% of Hortonia’s jobs are in goods
855 jobs are based in Hortonia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hortonia, 2013 → 2023: 800 → 855. 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 Hortonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Hortonia on a workday
On a workday 504 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 844 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Hortonia on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The daily trip into Hortonia
Where Hortonia clocks in
13% of workers
9% 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.
Time on the road from Hortonia: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hortonia workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 383 commuters (the 18% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hortonia
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Hortonia commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hortonia is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Hortonia 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 468 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). 1.1% of Hortonia households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hortonia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hortonia is 204th of 3,133 U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 202 | Cannon City Township MN | 1,273 | $102K | 3.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A− |
| 203 | Eagle Township OH | 1,084 | $99K | 1.3% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 204 | Hortonia WI | 1,040 | $103K | 5.8% | 0.0% | 2% | A− |
| 205 | Groton Township OH | 1,298 | $94K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 206 | Baldwin WI | 1,056 | $103K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Hortonia, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Hortonia and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to New London (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hortonia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hortonia | – | A− | C− | 30 min | $102,813 |
| Liberty | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Hortonville | 6% | A | C+ | 25 min | $82,063 |
| New London | 9% | C+ | A− | 24 min | $60,612 |
| Dale | under 3% | A | D | 22 min | $126,250 |
| Ellington | under 3% | A | D− | 27 min | $94,306 |
| Mukwa | under 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $105,385 |
| Caledonia | under 3% | B+ | C | 28 min | $109,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Liberty: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hortonia’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 Hortonia: questions
What is the median household income in Hortonia?
$102,813 (±$17,649) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hortonia?
5.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hortonia?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hortonia work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Appleton (13%, 15 mi), Grand Chute (9%, 12 mi), New London (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hortonia walkable?
Hortonia is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hortonia 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 Hortonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hortonia
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.