Photo: Chris Rand · CC BY-SA 4.0Kewaunee has lower unemployment (0.3%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 25 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Jobs and income earn Kewaunee B+; getting around on foot earns it B. About one in seven work in Kewaunee itself; outside it, Green Bay draws the most (13%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Kewaunee: the gist
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Kewaunee
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kewaunee is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #197 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Kewaunee’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kewaunee could be anywhere from B to A.
How many miles Kewaunee commutes
About 17% 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.
Kewaunee quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,178 residents head out to work, 184 work right here, and 832 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Kewaunee on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.75 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.
Where the trip to work from Kewaunee ends
Where Kewaunee clocks in
13% 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.
Goods jobs make up 29% of work in Kewaunee
1,016 jobs are based in Kewaunee.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kewaunee, 2013 → 2023: 1,202 → 1,016. 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 Kewaunee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Kewaunee: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kewaunee workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,288 commuters (the 9% 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.
For most of Kewaunee, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kewaunee is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #154 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Kewaunee 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 1,412 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). 2.0% of Kewaunee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kewaunee’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Kewaunee ranks: 1,027th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Center WI | 3,706 | $115K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,025 | Bennington NY | 3,175 | $89K | 8.0% | 1.6% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,026 | Orange OH | 3,574 | $170K | 16.0% | 4.1% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,027 | Kewaunee WI | 2,793 | $82K | 7.6% | 0.3% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,028 | Swanton Township OH | 2,829 | $69K | 5.9% | 2.1% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,029 | Pleasant Township OH | 3,755 | $85K | 5.6% | 1.9% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Kewaunee, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Kewaunee and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kewaunee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kewaunee | – | B+ | B | 25 min | $82,028 |
| Pierce | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| West Kewaunee | under 3% | B | B− | 26 min | $91,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pierce: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kewaunee’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 Kewaunee: questions
What is the median household income in Kewaunee?
$82,028 (±$8,977) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kewaunee?
7.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kewaunee?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kewaunee work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (13%, 23 mi), Luxemburg (5%, 11 mi), Ashwaubenon (4%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kewaunee walkable?
Kewaunee is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kewaunee 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 Kewaunee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kewaunee
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.