Lowville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Measured by household income, Lowville is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. There are 129 jobs in Lowville, and 576 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Lowville is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lowville and work: the main findings
Lowville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lowville is Madison, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 25% of working residents (142) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Lowville is a place people come home to
There are 129 jobs based in Lowville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lowville has about 570 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Lowville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 576 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Lowville earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income is its strongest input ($108,063, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Lowville’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, Lowville could be anywhere from B to A.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lowville
About 17% 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.
Who works in Lowville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 568 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Lowville on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Lowville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lowville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 463 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.
25% of working residents work in Madison
Where Lowville clocks in
25% 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.
49% of the jobs in Lowville make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lowville, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 129. 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 Lowville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most trips from Lowville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lowville is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Lowville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 523 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). 0.7% of Lowville households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lowville’s commuters take a bus or train.
311th of 3,133: where Lowville ranks among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 309 | Duncan Falls OH | 1,355 | $116K | 3.1% | 0.0% | 4% | A− |
| 310 | Elysian Township MN | 1,042 | $100K | 2.0% | 3.6% | 1% | A− |
| 311 | Lowville WI | 1,018 | $108K | 6.8% | 2.6% | 1% | A− |
| 312 | Maria Stein OH | 1,305 | $94K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 7% | A− |
| 313 | Blowing Rock NC | 1,324 | $121K | 2.4% | 0.4% | 15% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Lowville, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Lowville: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Rio (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lowville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lowville | – | A− | D− | 30 min | $108,063 |
| Rio | 4% | C | A− | 29 min | $67,833 |
| Dekorra | under 2% | A | D | 31 min | $122,222 |
| Wyocena | under 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $97,609 |
| Leeds | 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Otsego | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leeds and Otsego: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lowville’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 Lowville: questions
What is the median household income in Lowville?
$108,063 (±$9,912) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lowville?
6.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lowville?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lowville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (25%, 22 mi), DeForest (6%, 12 mi), Portage (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lowville walkable?
Lowville is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lowville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lowville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lowville
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.