Most of Kinnickinnic commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
101 jobs are based in Kinnickinnic for 989 working residents. Kinnickinnic grades A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Kinnickinnic is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kinnickinnic at work: what stands out
Kinnickinnic is a place people come home to
There are 101 jobs based in Kinnickinnic, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kinnickinnic has about 940 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Kinnickinnic workers cross into Minnesota
24% of Kinnickinnic workers work outside Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, St. Paul (6%), Minneapolis (3%) and Edina (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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; with 989 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Kinnickinnic’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Kinnickinnic is better than 91% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($116,650, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 70% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Kinnickinnic’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, Kinnickinnic could be anywhere from A− to A+.
In and out of Kinnickinnic on a workday
On a workday 983 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Kinnickinnic on a workday afternoon, 49% 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.
11% of working residents work in Hudson
Where Kinnickinnic clocks in
11% 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.
Jobs in Kinnickinnic: what the 101 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kinnickinnic, 2013 → 2023: 50 → 101. 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 Kinnickinnic’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Kinnickinnic’s commute takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kinnickinnic workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 771 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Kinnickinnic
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.
Driving is how Kinnickinnic gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kinnickinnic is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kinnickinnic 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 874 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). 3.0% of Kinnickinnic households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kinnickinnic’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kinnickinnic is 301st of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 44 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 299 | Eureka Township MN | 1,358 | $100K | 5.0% | 0.5% | 3% | A |
| 300 | Pinckney MI | 2,333 | $97K | 4.5% | 1.5% | 4% | A |
| 301 | Kinnickinnic WI | 1,827 | $117K | 4.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A |
| 302 | Aberdeen IN | 1,490 | $95K | 1.4% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| 303 | Putnamville IN | 1,959 | $151K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Kinnickinnic, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 11% of Kinnickinnic’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kinnickinnic workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kinnickinnic | – | A | C− | 26 min | $116,650 |
| River Falls | 11% | B+ | A− | 22 min | $83,627 |
| Warren | under 2% | A+ | C− | 26 min | $154,423 |
| Pleasant Valley | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Troy | under 2% | A | D | 28 min | $161,161 |
| River Falls | under 2% | A | C+ | 31 min | $118,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pleasant Valley: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to River Falls. Darker towns draw more of Kinnickinnic’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 Kinnickinnic: questions
What is the median household income in Kinnickinnic?
$116,650 (±$9,325) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kinnickinnic?
4.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kinnickinnic?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kinnickinnic work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hudson (11%, 10 mi), River Falls (11%, 5 mi), St. Paul (6%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kinnickinnic walkable?
Kinnickinnic is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kinnickinnic without a car?
0% 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 Kinnickinnic, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kinnickinnic
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.