Hortonville Community Hall · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Hortonville (0.7%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Hortonville; the top destination outside it is Appleton (13%, 13 miles). Hortonville grades A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The average commute takes 25 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Hortonville apart on work
Income, poverty and work: Hortonville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hortonville is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #113 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($82,063, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hortonville could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who commutes out of Hortonville, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,409 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 1,263 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 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.
The places Hortonville commutes to
Where Hortonville clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
What work there is in Hortonville: 1,335 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hortonville, 2014 → 2024: 1,203 → 1,335. 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 Hortonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Hortonville’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hortonville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,503 commuters (the 8% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hortonville
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.
Few in Hortonville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hortonville is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns, #226 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Hortonville 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 1,630 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). 2.2% of Hortonville households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hortonville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hortonville places 477th of 4,593 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 475 | Piney Point Village TX | 3,141 | $250K | 1.0% | 8.5% | 2% | A |
| 476 | Annetta TX | 3,546 | $178K | 1.5% | 5.1% | 2% | A |
| 477 | Hortonville WI | 3,340 | $82K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 5% | A |
| 478 | Maine WI | 2,621 | $111K | 2.8% | 2.1% | 3% | A |
| 479 | Minster OH | 3,062 | $88K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 22% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 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 Hortonville, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Hortonville
The biggest share goes to Hortonia (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hortonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hortonville | – | A | C+ | 25 min | $82,063 |
| Hortonia | 3% | A− | C− | 30 min | $102,813 |
| Ellington | under 2% | A | D− | 27 min | $94,306 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hortonville’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 Hortonville: questions
What is the median household income in Hortonville?
$82,063 (±$13,693) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hortonville?
4.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hortonville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hortonville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Appleton (13%, 13 mi), New London (10%, 6 mi), Grand Chute (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hortonville walkable?
Hortonville is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hortonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hortonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hortonville
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.