With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Newburg works elsewhere
5% of workers work from home, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole. 200 jobs are based in Newburg, against 641 working residents. For jobs and income Newburg is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Newburg in brief
Newburg and West Bend trade workers both ways
West Bend is the top workplace for Newburg residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Newburg come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Newburg workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 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 641 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Newburg gets the Jobs & income grade it does
The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.3%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($78,214, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Newburg’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, Newburg could be anywhere from B to A.
15% of working residents work in West Bend
Where Newburg clocks in
15% of workers
13% 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.
A commute of about 28 minutes in Newburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newburg workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 633 commuters (the 5% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Newburg
On a workday 639 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 198 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Newburg on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
Newburg works in goods: 47% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newburg, 2013 → 2023: 286 → 200. 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 Newburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Newburg to work
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.
In Newburg, the car does most of the work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 6.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 665 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). 2.5% of Newburg households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Newburg ranks 243rd of 3,771 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 241 | Alto WI | 1,046 | $106K | 1.0% | 0.9% | 5% | A |
| 242 | Rossville TN | 1,215 | $120K | 7.3% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| 243 | Newburg WI | 1,129 | $78K | 2.3% | 1.3% | <1% | A |
| 244 | Poygan WI | 1,297 | $98K | 2.9% | 0.3% | 1% | A |
| 245 | Fort Calhoun NE | 1,108 | $102K | 6.9% | 2.1% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Newburg, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Newburg and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Newburg’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 Newburg: questions
What is the median household income in Newburg?
$78,214 (±$22,180) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newburg?
2.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newburg?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newburg work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Bend (15%, 7 mi), Milwaukee (13%, 26 mi), Menomonee Falls (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newburg walkable?
Newburg is more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newburg 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 Newburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newburg
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.