Lamartine has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Only 2% stay in Lamartine for work; outside it, Fond du Lac is the main destination (29%, 7 miles). Employers in Lamartine report 363 jobs; 845 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Lamartine is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Lamartine: the gist
Lamartine and Fond du Lac trade workers both ways
Fond du Lac is the top workplace for Lamartine residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Lamartine come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lamartine makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Lamartine are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lamartine residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 32%. 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; with 845 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Lamartine’s Jobs & income grade
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Lamartine’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Lamartine’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, Lamartine could be anywhere from B to A.
Where people from Lamartine work
Where Lamartine clocks in
29% of workers
10% of workers
3% 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.
In Lamartine, 42% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lamartine, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 363. 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 Lamartine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Lamartine
On a workday 824 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 342 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Lamartine on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Getting to work from Lamartine takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lamartine workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 756 commuters (the 8% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Lamartine
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Lamartine start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 822 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). 1.5% of Lamartine households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lamartine’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lamartine is 917th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 23 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 915 | Friends Creek Township IL | 1,313 | $90K | 3.5% | 3.2% | 2% | A− |
| 916 | Westford VT | 2,072 | $113K | 2.5% | 4.0% | 2% | A− |
| 917 | Lamartine WI | 1,781 | $95K | 6.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| 918 | Boulevard Gardens FL | 1,499 | $70K | 7.6% | 0.0% | <1% | A− |
| 919 | Ortonville MI | 1,339 | $99K | 8.9% | 6.9% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | 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 Lamartine, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Lamartine and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lamartine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamartine | – | A− | C− | 22 min | $95,227 |
| Oakfield | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Springvale | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Fond du Lac | under 2% | A | C+ | 19 min | $106,179 |
| Eldorado | under 2% | A | D | 23 min | $105,078 |
Same-state neighbors only. Oakfield: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Springvale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lamartine’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 Lamartine: questions
What is the median household income in Lamartine?
$95,227 (±$14,634) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lamartine?
6.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lamartine?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lamartine work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fond du Lac (29%, 7 mi), Oshkosh (10%, 18 mi), Rosendale (3%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lamartine walkable?
Lamartine is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lamartine without a car?
1% 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 Lamartine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lamartine
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.