Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0At 0.8%, unemployment in Omro is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Omro are A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Omro is ahead of 88% of U.S. towns. Hardly any work in Omro; the top destination outside it is Oshkosh (35%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Omro apart on work
Omro and Oshkosh trade workers both ways
Oshkosh is the top workplace for Omro residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Omro come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Omro is a place people come home to
There are 166 jobs based in Omro, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Omro has about 1,400 people in it, 40% 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.
Omro’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Omro is better than 97% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Omro could be anywhere from A to A+.
Where Omro goes to work
Where Omro clocks in
35% of workers
5% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Omro
On a workday 1,119 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Omro on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.15 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.
48% of the jobs in Omro make or build things
166 jobs are based in Omro.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Omro, 2014 → 2024: 179 → 166. 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 Omro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Omro: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Omro workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,001 commuters (the 13% 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 commute from Omro, by distance
About 18% 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 Omro commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Omro is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 1,157 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Omro households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Omro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Omro comes 130th 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 35 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 84 | Sun Prairie WI | 2,291 | $127K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Shorewood Hills WI | 2,155 | $154K | 5.4% | 1.6% | 4% | A+ |
| 129 | Sherman Township KS | 2,920 | $127K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 3% | A+ |
| 130 | Omro WI | 2,409 | $121K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 131 | Dunkirk MD | 2,166 | $149K | 1.8% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| 132 | Eagle WI | 2,115 | $112K | 2.9% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Omro, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Omro and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Omro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omro | – | A+ | C− | 23 min | $120,938 |
| Rushford | under 2% | B | C+ | 28 min | $70,521 |
| Algoma | under 2% | A+ | D | 18 min | $107,290 |
| Winneconne | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Utica | under 2% | A− | C+ | 24 min | $113,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Winneconne: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Omro’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 Omro: questions
What is the median household income in Omro?
$120,938 (±$13,706) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Omro?
1.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Omro?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Omro work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oshkosh (35%, 7 mi), Fond du Lac (5%, 22 mi), Omro (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Omro walkable?
Omro is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Omro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Omro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Omro
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.