Photo: TCP04 · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Oconto works elsewhere
Employers in Oconto report 38 jobs; 616 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Oconto is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (C+). Hardly any work in Oconto; the top destination outside it is Oconto (20%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Oconto, in a few figures
Oconto is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Oconto, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oconto has about 820 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Oconto and Oconto trade workers both ways
Oconto is the top workplace for Oconto residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Oconto come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Oconto workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (25 to 30 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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 616 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Oconto
Household income holds Oconto’s grade up ($93,125, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 35% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Oconto’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Oconto could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Who works in Oconto, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 611 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 820 people are in Oconto on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Oconto: the destinations
Where Oconto clocks in
20% of workers
13% 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.
Oconto’s commute takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oconto workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 740 commuters (the 10% 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.
What Oconto’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oconto, 2014 → 2024: 68 → 38. 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 Oconto’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Oconto
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Oconto commutes by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 826 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). 1.0% of Oconto households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Oconto’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,438th of 5,877: where Oconto ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 26 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,436 | Richmond MA | 1,400 | $106K | 7.3% | 2.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,437 | Genola UT | 1,660 | $127K | 10.3% | 0.2% | 3% | B |
| 1,438 | Oconto WI | 1,398 | $93K | 7.3% | 1.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,439 | Schoolcraft MI | 1,439 | $75K | 8.8% | 1.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,440 | South Waverly PA | 1,089 | $88K | 8.6% | 6.8% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Oconto, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Oconto and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oconto workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oconto | – | B | C+ | 33 min | $93,125 |
| Stiles | under 2% | B− | D | 30 min | $81,339 |
| Little River | under 2% | A− | B | 25 min | $92,292 |
| Pensaukee | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $80,298 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oconto’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 Oconto: questions
What is the median household income in Oconto?
$93,125 (±$12,101) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oconto?
7.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oconto?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oconto work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oconto (20%, 4 mi), Green Bay (13%, 26 mi), Marinette (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Oconto walkable?
Oconto is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oconto without a car?
2% 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 Oconto, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oconto
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.