Photo: Jaknelaps · CC BY-SA 3.0Mount Horeb has higher household incomes than 82% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Mount Horeb A; getting around on foot earns it A−. Below the poverty line: 2.8% of residents, where Wisconsin as a whole has 10.6%. About one in seven work in Mount Horeb itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (33%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mount Horeb and work: the main findings
Mount Horeb and Madison trade workers both ways
Madison is the top workplace for Mount Horeb residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Mount Horeb come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Mount Horeb has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mount Horeb went from 1,623 in 2013 to 2,367 in 2023, +46%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Mount Horeb pay little
26% of the jobs based in Mount Horeb pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Mount Horeb’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Horeb is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #132 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate is its strongest input; unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Horeb could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Where the trip to work from Mount Horeb ends
Where Mount Horeb clocks in
33% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Mount Horeb: what the 2,367 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Horeb, 2013 → 2023: 1,623 → 2,367. 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 Mount Horeb’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Mount Horeb
On a workday 3,363 residents head out to work, 598 work right here, and 1,769 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,100 people are in Mount Horeb on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
Time on the road from Mount Horeb: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Horeb workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,412 commuters (the 17% 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.
Half of Mount Horeb commutes less than 15 miles
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Mount Horeb
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Horeb is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #48 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Mount Horeb 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 4,114 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.3% of Mount Horeb households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mount Horeb’s commuters take a bus or train.
540th of 3,051: where Mount Horeb ranks among U.S. towns of 5,400 to 10,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 17 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 538 | Goddard KS | 6,638 | $94K | 1.9% | 3.6% | 11% | A |
| 539 | Leonia NJ | 9,441 | $130K | 4.3% | 6.0% | 5% | A |
| 540 | Mount Horeb WI | 7,725 | $108K | 2.8% | 3.6% | 15% | A |
| 541 | Groveland MA | 7,102 | $141K | 3.2% | 5.0% | 5% | A |
| 542 | Westminster MA | 8,807 | $106K | 2.3% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,051 | 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 Mount Horeb, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Mount Horeb
The biggest share goes to Springdale (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Horeb workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Horeb | – | A | A− | 25 min | $107,856 |
| Blue Mounds | 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Springdale | 2% | A | C− | 20 min | $129,271 |
Same-state neighbors only. Blue Mounds: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Horeb’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 Mount Horeb: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Horeb?
$107,856 (±$8,378) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Horeb?
2.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Horeb?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Horeb work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (33%, 16 mi), Verona (6%, 10 mi), Middleton (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Horeb walkable?
Mount Horeb is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Horeb without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Horeb, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Horeb
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.