Household incomes in New Glarus are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 0.7% of residents, where Wisconsin as a whole has 10.6%. New Glarus grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 2% work in New Glarus itself; outside it, Madison draws the most (27%, 22 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in New Glarus: the gist
New Glarus’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside New Glarus is Madison, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 27% of working residents (187) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
New Glarus workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 38 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 291 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 33 minutes). Time on the road ↓
New Glarus is a place people come home to
There are 141 jobs based in New Glarus, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday New Glarus has about 870 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 694 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind New Glarus’ grade
On income, poverty and job access, New Glarus is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds New Glarus’ grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 42% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: New Glarus’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, New Glarus stays A.
Miles to work from New Glarus
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
New Glarus’ commute takes about 38 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Glarus workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 628 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.
The daily flow of workers through New Glarus
On a workday 681 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in New Glarus on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.
0.20 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of New Glarus to work: where people go
Where New Glarus clocks in
27% of workers
8% 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.
Goods jobs make up 38% of work in New Glarus
141 jobs are based in New Glarus.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Glarus, 2014 → 2024: 95 → 141. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Glarus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in New Glarus walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Glarus is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place New Glarus 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 716 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). 0.4% of New Glarus households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of New Glarus’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, New Glarus comes 280th on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 26 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 46 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 278 | Beechwood Village KY | 1,297 | $118K | 8.7% | 1.9% | <1% | A |
| 279 | Richland PA | 1,524 | $94K | 2.6% | 2.2% | 4% | A |
| 280 | New Glarus WI | 1,427 | $138K | 0.7% | 0.9% | 2% | A |
| 281 | Darmstadt IN | 1,441 | $107K | 3.3% | 0.9% | <1% | A |
| 282 | Langhorne Manor PA | 1,467 | $138K | 10.5% | 10.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 New Glarus, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around New Glarus: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Glarus workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Glarus | – | A | C | 38 min | $137,500 |
| Primrose | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Exeter | under 2% | A | D | 27 min | $114,688 |
| York | under 2% | B | C+ | 33 min | $113,438 |
| Washington | 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Primrose: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Washington: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Washington. Darker towns draw more of New Glarus’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 2024, 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 New Glarus: questions
What is the median household income in New Glarus?
$137,500 (±$15,752) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Glarus?
0.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Glarus?
38 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Glarus work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (27%, 22 mi), New Glarus (11%, 2 mi), Monroe (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is New Glarus walkable?
New Glarus is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Glarus without a car?
<1% 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 New Glarus, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Glarus
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.