Mukwa has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Mukwa grades A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. 316 jobs are based in Mukwa, against 1,441 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Mukwa
Mukwa workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Mukwa pay little
32% of the jobs based in Mukwa pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Mukwa is a place people come home to
There are 316 jobs based in Mukwa, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mukwa has about 1,700 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Mukwa
63% of Mukwa residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Mukwa pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 98% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Few Mukwa workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Jobs & income in Mukwa: the grade in detail
Household income holds Mukwa’s grade up ($105,385, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mukwa could be anywhere from B to A.
Commuting from Mukwa: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mukwa workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,423 commuters (the 3% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Mukwa
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mukwa, 2013 → 2023: 228 → 316. 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 Mukwa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Mukwa, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,411 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 286 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Mukwa on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
10% of working residents work in Appleton
Where Mukwa clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Where in the region Mukwa works
About 19% 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.
For most of Mukwa, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mukwa is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #346 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,468 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). 1.2% of Mukwa households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mukwa’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mukwa is 750th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Center WI | 3,706 | $115K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 748 | McLean Township OH | 3,521 | $93K | 5.3% | 1.7% | 11% | A− |
| 749 | Darby Township OH | 2,813 | $135K | 1.6% | 7.1% | 2% | A− |
| 750 | Mukwa WI | 2,793 | $105K | 5.1% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| 751 | North Plains OR | 3,414 | $118K | 2.9% | 6.4% | 1% | A− |
| 752 | Isanti Township MN | 2,350 | $98K | 3.7% | 3.6% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | 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 Mukwa, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door is work for 12% of Mukwa
The biggest share goes to New London (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mukwa workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mukwa | – | A− | D | 31 min | $105,385 |
| New London | 10% | C+ | A− | 24 min | $60,612 |
| Caledonia | under 3% | B+ | C | 28 min | $109,167 |
| Royalton | under 3% | C+ | B− | 24 min | $79,205 |
| Lebanon | under 3% | B+ | D | 29 min | $79,138 |
| Hortonia | 2% | A− | C− | 30 min | $102,813 |
| Weyauwega | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Weyauwega: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mukwa’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 Mukwa: questions
What is the median household income in Mukwa?
$105,385 (±$19,128) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mukwa?
5.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mukwa?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mukwa work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Appleton (10%, 21 mi), New London (10%, 4 mi), Oshkosh (6%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mukwa walkable?
Mukwa is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mukwa 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 Mukwa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mukwa
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.