With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Kewaskum works elsewhere
There are 132 jobs in Kewaskum for 530 working residents. For jobs and income Kewaskum is better than 86% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (C+). Hardly any work in Kewaskum itself; outside it, West Bend draws the most (18%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kewaskum: the figures worth knowing
Kewaskum is a place people come home to
There are 132 jobs based in Kewaskum, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kewaskum has about 710 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Kewaskum workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 28 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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; with 530 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Kewaskum’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 65% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.6%) is left out: Kewaskum’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, Kewaskum could be anywhere from B+ to A.
The daily flow of workers through Kewaskum
On a workday 526 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Kewaskum on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Kewaskum’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kewaskum workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 450 commuters (the 12% 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.
Commuting out of Kewaskum: the destinations
Where Kewaskum clocks in
18% 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.
The kinds of work in Kewaskum
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kewaskum, 2014 → 2024: 226 → 132. 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 Kewaskum’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Kewaskum works
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.
In Kewaskum, the car does most of the work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 512 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). 1.6% of Kewaskum households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kewaskum’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kewaskum is 226th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 224 | Theresa WI | 1,073 | $117K | 5.6% | 3.7% | 1% | A |
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| 226 | Kewaskum WI | 1,111 | $94K | 3.7% | 0.6% | 1% | A |
| 227 | Purdy WA | 1,344 | $91K | 2.5% | 10.9% | 5% | A |
| 228 | New Haven Township MN | 1,259 | $133K | 3.6% | 1.7% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Kewaskum, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Kewaskum compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kewaskum workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kewaskum | – | A | C+ | 35 min | $93,646 |
| Barton | under 2% | A | D | 27 min | $120,304 |
| Farmington | under 2% | A+ | D− | 27 min | $102,174 |
| Auburn | under 2% | A | C | 27 min | $114,167 |
| Wayne | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $130,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kewaskum’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 Kewaskum: questions
What is the median household income in Kewaskum?
$93,646 (±$15,240) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kewaskum?
3.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kewaskum?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kewaskum work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Bend (18%, 7 mi), Kewaskum (10%, 1 mi), Milwaukee (9%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Kewaskum walkable?
Kewaskum is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kewaskum 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 Kewaskum, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kewaskum
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.