Photo: Flickr - Michael Steeber · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Kossuth works elsewhere
The two grades for Kossuth are A for jobs and income and D for walkability. 295 jobs are based in Kossuth, and 962 of its residents work somewhere. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Kossuth, in brief
Kossuth and Manitowoc trade workers both ways
Manitowoc is the top workplace for Kossuth residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Kossuth come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few Kossuth workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 962 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Kossuth: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kossuth is better than 86% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns). 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, Kossuth could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
23% of working residents work in Manitowoc
Where Kossuth clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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 24 minutes to work from Kossuth
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kossuth workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,117 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who commutes out of Kossuth, and who commutes in
On a workday 934 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 267 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Kossuth on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Kossuth works in goods: 65% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kossuth, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 295. 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 Kossuth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Kossuth
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 Kossuth gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kossuth is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,161 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). 0.5% of Kossuth households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Kossuth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700, Kossuth ranks 498th of 5,509 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 41 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 496 | Radnor Township OH | 1,748 | $117K | 6.5% | 4.9% | 1% | A |
| 497 | Advance NC | 1,408 | $115K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 498 | Kossuth WI | 1,978 | $97K | 5.5% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| 499 | Massanutten VA | 2,261 | $108K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 11% | A |
| 500 | Tremont IL | 2,243 | $80K | 5.1% | 0.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Kossuth, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Kossuth
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kossuth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kossuth | – | A | D | 24 min | $97,036 |
| Kellnersville | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Mishicot | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Franklin | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 24 min | $80,391 |
| Two Rivers | under 2% | B | D | 24 min | $77,056 |
| Manitowoc Rapids | under 2% | A− | B | 15 min | $94,107 |
Same-state neighbors only. Kellnersville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Mishicot: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Kossuth’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 Kossuth: questions
What is the median household income in Kossuth?
$97,036 (±$11,166) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kossuth?
5.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kossuth?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kossuth work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manitowoc (23%, 7 mi), Green Bay (9%, 26 mi), Two Rivers (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kossuth walkable?
Kossuth is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kossuth without a car?
<1% 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 Kossuth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kossuth
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.