Photo: self · CC BY-SA 2.5At 1.5%, unemployment in Howards Grove is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 6% of workers (Wisconsin 13%). The two grades for Howards Grove are A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 5% work in Howards Grove itself; outside it, Sheboygan draws the most (23%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Howards Grove, in brief
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Howards Grove’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Wisconsin average of 22. Time on the road ↓
Howards Grove and Sheboygan trade workers both ways
Sheboygan is the top workplace for Howards Grove residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Howards Grove come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Howards Grove residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Howards Grove
67% of Howards Grove residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 49% of the jobs based in Howards Grove pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. 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.
Where Howards Grove’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Howards Grove is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #155 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($78,333, 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, Howards Grove could be anywhere from B to A.
Time on the road from Howards Grove: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Howards Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,570 commuters (the 6% 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 Howards Grove commutes to
Where Howards Grove clocks in
23% of workers
7% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Howards Grove
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.
Inside Howards Grove’s 492 jobs
492 jobs are based in Howards Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Howards Grove, 2013 → 2023: 514 → 492. 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 Howards Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Howards Grove, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,355 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Howards Grove on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Howards Grove is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Howards Grove is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #150 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Howards Grove 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 1,672 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). 2.7% of Howards Grove households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Howards Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,300, Howards Grove ranks 707th of 4,698 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Center WI | 3,706 | $115K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 705 | El Jebel CO | 2,941 | $103K | 1.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| 706 | Sterling Ranch CO | 4,213 | $207K | 2.0% | 4.2% | 2% | A− |
| 707 | Howards Grove WI | 3,190 | $78K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 5% | A− |
| 708 | Bertrand Township MI | 2,587 | $101K | 6.0% | 2.9% | 5% | A− |
| 709 | Perry Township PA | 2,524 | $95K | 4.8% | 3.3% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,698 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Howards Grove, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
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 Howards Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Howards Grove?
$78,333 (±$17,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Howards Grove?
4.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Howards Grove?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Howards Grove work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sheboygan (23%, 8 mi), Kohler (7%, 7 mi), Plymouth (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Howards Grove walkable?
Howards Grove is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Howards Grove without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Howards Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Howards Grove
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.