Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Little Chute (2.4%) is lower than in 79% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 19 minutes getting to work on average; the Wisconsin average is 22, the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Little Chute is better than 87% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (B−). About one in ten work in Little Chute; the top destination outside it is Appleton (20%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Little Chute: the gist
Little Chute trades workers with the towns around it
Little Chute has about as many jobs (6,151) as working residents (6,158), but they are mostly different people: 5,621 residents leave for work each day while 5,614 people come in. Only 9% of the jobs in Little Chute are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Little Chute works one town over
33% of working residents work in a town that borders Little Chute: Appleton (20%), Grand Chute (8%) and Kaukauna (5%). Next door ↓
Little Chute makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Little Chute are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Little Chute residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Little Chute: the grade in detail
Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 83% of U.S. towns); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($87,538, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Little Chute could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 5,621 residents head out to work, 537 work right here, and 5,614 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Little Chute
6,151 jobs are based in Little Chute.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Little Chute, 2014 → 2024: 5,402 → 6,151. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little Chute’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Little Chute goes to work
Where Little Chute clocks in
20% of workers
8% 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.
The trip to work from Little Chute: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Little Chute workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,830 commuters (the 10% 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.
The commute from Little Chute, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Little Chute, most people drive to work
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 6,510 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). 1.7% of Little Chute households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Little Chute’s commuters take a bus or train.
Little Chute places 569th of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | 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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| 31 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Cottage Grove WI | 8,930 | $139K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 567 | Williamsburg FL | 9,063 | $89K | 6.1% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 568 | Joppatowne MD | 14,237 | $118K | 6.5% | 3.3% | 3% | A |
| 569 | Little Chute WI | 11,800 | $88K | 5.7% | 2.4% | 9% | A |
| 570 | Woolwich Township NJ | 14,858 | $158K | 7.5% | 3.8% | 5% | A |
| 571 | Smithfield VA | 9,112 | $113K | 5.4% | 2.5% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Little Chute, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 33% of Little Chute’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Little Chute workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Chute | – | A | B− | 19 min | $87,538 |
| Vandenbroek | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 16 min | $128,594 |
| Kaukauna | 5% | A− | B | 21 min | $80,365 |
| Grand Chute | 8% | A | B+ | 18 min | $78,105 |
| Kimberly | under 3% | B+ | A− | 17 min | $70,451 |
| Appleton | 20% | B+ | A− | 19 min | $80,483 |
| Combined Locks | under 3% | A− | C+ | 18 min | $93,490 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Appleton. Darker towns draw more of Little Chute’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 2024, 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 Little Chute: questions
What is the median household income in Little Chute?
$87,538 (±$8,085) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Little Chute?
5.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Little Chute?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Little Chute work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Appleton (20%, 4 mi), Grand Chute (8%, 7 mi), Kaukauna (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Little Chute walkable?
Little Chute is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Little Chute 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 Little Chute, from the people who make the trip.
More of Little Chute
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.