Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Lomira (1.9%) is lower than in 86% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Lomira is better than 69% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (B+). About one in ten work in Lomira itself; outside it, Fond du Lac draws the most (16%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 24 minutes getting to work on average; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Lomira stands out on work
Lomira trades workers with the towns around it
Lomira has about as many jobs (1,159) as working residents (1,286), but they are mostly different people: 1,169 residents leave for work each day while 1,042 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Lomira are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Lomira and Fond du Lac trade workers both ways
Fond du Lac is the top workplace for Lomira residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Lomira come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Lomira makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Lomira are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lomira residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 39%. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Lomira
Unemployment holds Lomira’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($70,365, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lomira could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The daily commute in and out of Lomira
On a workday 1,169 residents head out to work, 117 work right here, and 1,042 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 (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Lomira’s working residents head each day
Where Lomira clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
Lomira makes things: 42% of its jobs are in goods
1,159 jobs are based in Lomira.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lomira, 2013 → 2023: 956 → 1,159. 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 Lomira’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the WI average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lomira workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,353 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.
Miles to work from Lomira
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.
Getting around Lomira: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,546 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). 2.4% of Lomira households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lomira’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lomira places 1,268th of 4,797 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Sun Prairie WI | 2,291 | $127K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 85 | Verona WI | 2,092 | $150K | 2.6% | 2.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,266 | Kiefer OK | 2,310 | $83K | 10.4% | 3.0% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,267 | Union City OK | 2,129 | $106K | 11.5% | 2.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,268 | Lomira WI | 2,686 | $70K | 8.9% | 1.9% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,269 | Clearfield Township PA | 2,358 | $88K | 8.6% | 2.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,270 | Bradford VT | 2,834 | $108K | 2.8% | 3.5% | 21% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Lomira, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
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 Lomira: questions
What is the median household income in Lomira?
$70,365 (±$13,106) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lomira?
8.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lomira?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lomira work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fond du Lac (16%, 12 mi), Mayville (6%, 8 mi), Brownsville (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lomira walkable?
Lomira is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lomira without a car?
0% 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 Lomira, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lomira
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.