Bullhead Point Historical and Archeological District · Photo: Milwaukee Public Library · Public domainNasewaupee has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 55% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 63% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 18 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Only 4% work in Nasewaupee; the top destination outside it is Sturgeon Bay (42%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Nasewaupee, in brief
42% of Nasewaupee works in Sturgeon Bay
414 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Sturgeon Bay, 5.5 miles away across the town line. That’s 11 times as many as work in Nasewaupee itself. The commute map ↓
Nasewaupee is a place people come home to
There are 277 jobs based in Nasewaupee, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nasewaupee has about 1,300 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 986 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Nasewaupee’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Nasewaupee is better than 55% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Nasewaupee’s grade up (5.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Nasewaupee’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, Nasewaupee could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
42% of working residents work in Sturgeon Bay
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Nasewaupee clocks in
42% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Nasewaupee quiets down on a workday
On a workday 951 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Nasewaupee on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
Nasewaupee makes things: 49% of its jobs are in goods
277 jobs are based in Nasewaupee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nasewaupee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nasewaupee, 2013 → 2023: 201 → 277. 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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Wisconsin
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nasewaupee workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 744 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Nasewaupee commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 26% 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.
Most trips from Nasewaupee start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nasewaupee is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 800 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). 1.8% of Nasewaupee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nasewaupee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nasewaupee is 1,944th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Nasewaupee, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 41 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,942 | Cass Township OH | 1,607 | $67K | 3.9% | 1.1% | 3% | B |
| 1,943 | Benton Township PA | 1,752 | $65K | 5.2% | 1.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,944 | Nasewaupee WI | 2,028 | $86K | 5.8% | 3.1% | 4% | B |
| 1,945 | Enetai WA | 2,387 | $88K | 3.0% | 8.5% | <1% | B |
| 1,946 | Forreston IL | 1,402 | $71K | 5.7% | 7.8% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
45% of Nasewaupee works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Sturgeon Bay (42%). Darker towns draw more of Nasewaupee’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nasewaupee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasewaupee | – | B | B− | 18 min | $85,875 |
| Sturgeon Bay | 42% | C+ | A− | 13 min | $59,926 |
| Gardner | under 2% | B− | D | 24 min | $69,474 |
| Forestville | under 2% | B | D | 23 min | $80,795 |
| Sturgeon Bay | 1% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Sevastopol | 2% | B | C+ | 14 min | $88,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sturgeon Bay: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Nasewaupee: questions
What is the median household income in Nasewaupee?
$85,875 (±$12,524) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nasewaupee?
5.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nasewaupee?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nasewaupee work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sturgeon Bay (42%, 6 mi), Green Bay (5%, 33 mi), Ashwaubenon (2%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nasewaupee walkable?
Nasewaupee is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nasewaupee 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 Nasewaupee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nasewaupee
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.