Photo: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5Most of Oneida commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 6% work in Oneida; the top destination outside it is Green Bay (23%, 13 miles). There are 627 jobs in Oneida for 2,125 working residents. The two grades for Oneida are B+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Oneida stands out on work
Oneida and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for Oneida residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Oneida come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The jobs in Oneida pay better than its residents’ jobs
73% of the jobs based in Oneida pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 58% of the jobs Oneida residents hold. 78% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Oneida. The jobs ↓
Oneida is a place people come home to
There are 627 jobs based in Oneida, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Oneida has about 3,100 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Oneida makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Oneida are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Oneida residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. 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.
Inside Oneida’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Oneida is better than 73% of U.S. towns, #210 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Oneida’s grade up (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Oneida could be anywhere from B− to A.
Where Oneida’s working residents head each day
Where Oneida clocks in
23% 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.
37% of the jobs in Oneida make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oneida, 2013 → 2023: 690 → 627. 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 Oneida’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Oneida by day
On a workday 1,989 residents head out to work, 136 work right here, and 491 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Oneida on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting from Oneida: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oneida workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,877 commuters (the 9% 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.
Half of Oneida commutes less than 11 miles
About 16% 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.
For most of Oneida, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Oneida is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns, #329 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,063 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 Oneida households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Oneida’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,938 U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200, Oneida comes 1,093rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 49 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,091 | Burton Township OH | 4,392 | $82K | 7.0% | 2.7% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,092 | Delavan WI | 5,210 | $76K | 6.8% | 2.3% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,093 | Oneida WI | 4,568 | $77K | 10.2% | 1.9% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,094 | Wamego KS | 4,912 | $79K | 5.2% | 1.6% | 23% | B+ |
| 1,095 | Blissfield MI | 3,262 | $62K | 2.3% | 2.6% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | 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 Oneida, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Oneida
The biggest share goes to Hobart (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oneida workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oneida | – | B+ | C− | 21 min | $76,651 |
| Hobart | 4% | A+ | C | 19 min | $103,440 |
| Seymour | under 3% | B | B− | 28 min | $88,224 |
| Osborn | under 3% | A | B− | 26 min | $92,727 |
| Kaukauna | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 18 min | $121,875 |
| Freedom | 2% | A+ | C+ | 22 min | $121,711 |
| Howard | 3% | A | C | 20 min | $85,477 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oneida’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 Oneida: questions
What is the median household income in Oneida?
$76,651 (±$8,481) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oneida?
10.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oneida?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oneida work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (23%, 13 mi), Ashwaubenon (9%, 8 mi), Appleton (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Oneida walkable?
Oneida is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Oneida 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 Oneida, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oneida
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.