Packwaukee has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Packwaukee itself; outside it, Portage draws the most (14%, 15 miles). 35 jobs are based in Packwaukee for 564 working residents. Packwaukee grades C− 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
The commute and the jobs: Packwaukee in brief
Packwaukee is a place people come home to
There are 35 jobs based in Packwaukee, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Packwaukee has about 970 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Packwaukee workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 564 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Packwaukee
On income, poverty and job access, Packwaukee is better than 19% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Packwaukee’s grade up (13.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Packwaukee’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Packwaukee could be anywhere from D to C+.
Packwaukee on a workday afternoon
On a workday 560 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Packwaukee on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Packwaukee
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Packwaukee workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 635 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.
Where Packwaukee goes to work
Where Packwaukee clocks in
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.
In Packwaukee, 29% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Packwaukee, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 35. 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 Packwaukee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Packwaukee
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Packwaukee is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Packwaukee is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 707 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). 2.7% of Packwaukee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Packwaukee’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000, Packwaukee ranks 4,464th of 6,308 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,462 | Pleasant Run Township IN | 1,745 | $77K | 17.3% | 6.8% | <1% | C− |
| 4,463 | Superior Township MI | 1,267 | $73K | 14.1% | 1.3% | 3% | C− |
| 4,464 | Packwaukee WI | 1,497 | $64K | 13.0% | 2.3% | 1% | C− |
| 4,465 | Bayside Gardens OR | 1,128 | $78K | 14.9% | 8.9% | 1% | C− |
| 4,466 | Sylvania AL | 1,853 | $56K | 10.6% | 5.4% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Packwaukee, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Packwaukee compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Moundville (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Packwaukee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packwaukee | – | C− | C | 28 min | $64,167 |
| Moundville | 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Montello | under 2% | C+ | B− | 30 min | $87,795 |
| Harris | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Buffalo | under 2% | C | D | 36 min | $78,092 |
| Oxford | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Shields | under 2% | — | — | 35 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Moundville, Harris, Oxford and Shields: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Packwaukee’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 Packwaukee: questions
What is the median household income in Packwaukee?
$64,167 (±$8,660) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Packwaukee?
13.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Packwaukee?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Packwaukee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portage (14%, 15 mi), Montello (8%, 4 mi), Madison (5%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Packwaukee walkable?
Packwaukee is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Packwaukee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Packwaukee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Packwaukee
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.