Photo: Awkwafaba · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Ixonia works elsewhere
There are 1,519 jobs in Ixonia, and 2,701 of its residents work somewhere. Ixonia grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 6% stay in Ixonia for work; outside it, Oconomowoc is the main destination (13%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Ixonia stands out on work
Ixonia makes and builds things
64% of the jobs based in Ixonia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ixonia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Ixonia has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Ixonia went from 1,063 in 2013 to 1,519 in 2023, +43%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Ixonia
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ixonia is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #101 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ixonia could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Goods, not services: 64% of the jobs in Ixonia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ixonia, 2013 → 2023: 1,063 → 1,519. 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 Ixonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Ixonia
On a workday 2,547 residents head out to work, 154 work right here, and 1,365 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Ixonia on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Commuting out of Ixonia: the destinations
Where Ixonia clocks in
13% 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.
About 25 minutes to work from Ixonia
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ixonia workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,586 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Ixonia
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 trips from Ixonia start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ixonia is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #185 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,142 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). 0.0% of Ixonia households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ixonia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ixonia next to U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900: 400th of 3,627 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 398 | Jackson Township IL | 3,890 | $104K | 4.7% | 2.6% | 4% | A |
| 399 | Franklin Township PA | 5,182 | $85K | 2.9% | 0.8% | 3% | A |
| 400 | Ixonia WI | 5,083 | $89K | 1.9% | 2.1% | 6% | A |
| 401 | Clayton DE | 4,527 | $107K | 5.3% | 1.3% | 2% | A |
| 402 | Creswell OR | 5,566 | $100K | 4.3% | 0.8% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | 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 Ixonia, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Ixonia: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Oconomowoc (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ixonia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ixonia | – | A | B− | 25 min | $89,427 |
| Lac La Belle | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Oconomowoc | 3% | A+ | C | 24 min | $114,782 |
| Lebanon | under 3% | A− | D | 28 min | $87,750 |
| Concord | under 3% | A+ | D | 32 min | $107,969 |
| Watertown | under 3% | A− | C | 25 min | $99,886 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lac La Belle: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ixonia’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 Ixonia: questions
What is the median household income in Ixonia?
$89,427 (±$11,832) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ixonia?
1.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ixonia?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ixonia work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oconomowoc (13%, 7 mi), Watertown (6%, 7 mi), Madison (6%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ixonia walkable?
Ixonia is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ixonia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ixonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ixonia
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.