Photo: Downspec · CC BY-SA 4.0Ledgeview’s household incomes are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Ledgeview for work; outside it, Green Bay is the main destination (25%, 7 miles). Below the poverty line: 4.0% of residents, where Wisconsin as a whole has 10.6%. For jobs and income Ledgeview is better than 97% of U.S. towns (A+); for walkability it is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Ledgeview, in brief
Ledgeview and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for Ledgeview residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Ledgeview come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most Ledgeview residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Ledgeview’s grade explained
All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Ledgeview’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ledgeview could be anywhere from A to A+.
Out of Ledgeview to work: where people go
Where Ledgeview clocks in
25% of workers
14% 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.
How many miles Ledgeview commutes
About 15% 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.
Ledgeview on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,322 residents head out to work, 163 work right here, and 2,214 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Ledgeview on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.53 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.
What the 2,377 jobs in Ledgeview are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ledgeview, 2013 → 2023: 2,211 → 2,377. 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 Ledgeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Ledgeview: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ledgeview workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,395 commuters (the 11% 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.
Getting around Ledgeview: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% 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 4,931 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). 3.6% of Ledgeview households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ledgeview’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ledgeview ranks: 129th of 2,816 U.S. towns of 6,700 to 13,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 34 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Genesee WI | 7,235 | $119K | 3.3% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Vernon WI | 7,464 | $120K | 3.0% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Harrison Township OH | 8,857 | $111K | 4.0% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| 128 | Marshall Township PA | 10,499 | $165K | 3.5% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 129 | Ledgeview WI | 9,642 | $130K | 4.0% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| 130 | Mantua VA | 8,298 | $213K | 2.8% | 3.8% | 3% | A+ |
| 131 | Independent Hill VA | 10,853 | $205K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,816 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Ledgeview, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Ledgeview and its neighbors: 18% work next door
The biggest share goes to De Pere (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ledgeview workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ledgeview | – | A+ | C+ | 19 min | $130,040 |
| De Pere | 14% | A | B+ | 17 min | $84,869 |
| Bellevue | 4% | A | C | 20 min | $84,672 |
| Glenmore | under 2% | A | D | 19 min | $100,438 |
| Rockland | under 2% | A+ | D− | 21 min | $127,639 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ledgeview’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 Ledgeview: questions
What is the median household income in Ledgeview?
$130,040 (±$14,160) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ledgeview?
4.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ledgeview?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ledgeview work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (25%, 7 mi), De Pere (14%, 5 mi), Ashwaubenon (11%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ledgeview walkable?
Ledgeview is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ledgeview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ledgeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ledgeview
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.