Photo: Gplehner · CC BY-SA 3.0Oconto Falls has lower household incomes than 86% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Oconto Falls; the top destination outside it is Green Bay (11%, 25 miles). Below the poverty line: 9.7% of residents, where Wisconsin as a whole has 10.6%. Jobs and income earn Oconto Falls C+; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Oconto Falls stands out on work
Oconto Falls trades workers with the towns around it
Oconto Falls has about as many jobs (1,418) as working residents (1,532), but they are mostly different people: 1,242 residents leave for work each day while 1,128 people come in. Only 20% of the jobs in Oconto Falls are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Oconto Falls workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Oconto Falls’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Oconto Falls is Green Bay, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (161) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Oconto Falls’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oconto Falls is better than 41% of U.S. towns, #316 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Oconto Falls’ grade up (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($51,228, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oconto Falls could be anywhere from D to B+.
Oconto Falls on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,242 residents head out to work, 290 work right here, and 1,128 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Oconto Falls, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oconto Falls workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,077 commuters (the 11% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Oconto Falls
About 22% 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.
Where people from Oconto Falls work
Where Oconto Falls clocks in
11% of workers
5% 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 Oconto Falls: what the 1,418 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oconto Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,187 → 1,418. 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 Oconto Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Oconto Falls, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oconto Falls is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #244 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,214 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). 10.1% of Oconto Falls households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oconto Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100, Oconto Falls ranks 2,757th of 4,771 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,755 | Farmington WI | 2,122 | $71K | 9.9% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,756 | Aledo IL | 3,506 | $72K | 12.6% | 3.8% | 40% | C+ |
| 2,757 | Oconto Falls WI | 3,012 | $51K | 9.7% | 2.9% | 19% | C+ |
| 2,758 | White Pigeon Township MI | 3,893 | $71K | 15.3% | 4.3% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,759 | Rush Township OH | 2,800 | $63K | 6.5% | 6.2% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Oconto Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Oconto Falls compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oconto Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oconto Falls | – | C+ | C | 29 min | $51,228 |
| Stiles | under 2% | B− | D | 30 min | $81,339 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oconto Falls’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 Oconto Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Oconto Falls?
$51,228 (±$4,607) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oconto Falls?
9.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oconto Falls?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oconto Falls work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (11%, 25 mi), Ashwaubenon (6%, 27 mi), Oconto (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oconto Falls walkable?
Oconto Falls is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oconto Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oconto Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oconto Falls
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.