Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Omro commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 6% stay in Omro for work; outside it, Oshkosh is the main destination (35%, 9 miles). 916 jobs are based in Omro for 1,716 working residents. Omro grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, 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 (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Omro
65% of Omro residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 45% of the jobs based in Omro pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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 four measures behind Omro’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Omro is better than 65% of U.S. towns, #245 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Omro’s grade up (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($62,000, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Omro could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Where Omro’s working residents head each day
Where Omro clocks in
35% of workers
4% of workers
4% 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.
What Omro’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Omro, 2013 → 2023: 910 → 916. 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 Omro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Omro
On a workday 1,619 residents head out to work, 97 work right here, and 819 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Omro on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Omro’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 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 1,805 commuters (the 8% 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.
How far Omro goes to work
About 15% 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.
Few in Omro walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Omro is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns, #189 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Omro 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 1,960 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). 4.8% of Omro households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Omro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Omro places 1,532nd of 4,474 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,530 | Crescent Springs KY | 4,708 | $83K | 5.4% | 7.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,531 | Meadows Place TX | 4,546 | $90K | 9.5% | 6.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,532 | Omro WI | 3,639 | $62K | 8.1% | 2.0% | 6% | B |
| 1,533 | Walnut Creek Township OH | 4,050 | $101K | 1.6% | 8.2% | 17% | B |
| 1,534 | Colerain Township PA | 3,977 | $83K | 10.7% | 1.3% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | 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 Omro, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
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 Omro: questions
What is the median household income in Omro?
$62,000 (±$15,782) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Omro?
8.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Omro?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Omro work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oshkosh (35%, 9 mi), Appleton (4%, 24 mi), Neenah (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Omro walkable?
Omro is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Omro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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), 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.