Photo: Praiawart · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in Pardeeville are lower than in 66% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Pardeeville is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (B−). Below the poverty line: 8.8% of residents, next to 10.6% across Wisconsin. Only 6% stay in Pardeeville for work; outside it, Madison is the main destination (21%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pardeeville at work: what stands out
Pardeeville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pardeeville is Madison, 32 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (189) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pardeeville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 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 915 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Pardeeville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Pardeeville’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($64,902, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Pardeeville’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, Pardeeville could be anywhere from C to B+.
How far it is to work from Pardeeville
About 20% 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.
From Pardeeville, about 29 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pardeeville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 848 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.
Who leaves Pardeeville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 859 residents head out to work, 56 work right here, and 490 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Pardeeville on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Pardeeville work
Where Pardeeville clocks in
21% 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.
A place that makes things: 34% of Pardeeville’s jobs are in goods
546 jobs are based in Pardeeville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pardeeville, 2013 → 2023: 555 → 546. 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 Pardeeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Pardeeville, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 919 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). 4.6% of Pardeeville households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pardeeville’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,381st of 5,102: where Pardeeville ranks among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 33 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,379 | Center Township PA | 2,430 | $70K | 12.4% | 1.9% | 2% | B− |
| 2,380 | Middlecreek Township PA | 2,056 | $62K | 14.7% | 0.9% | <1% | B− |
| 2,381 | Pardeeville WI | 2,248 | $65K | 8.8% | 1.0% | 6% | B− |
| 2,382 | St. Croix Falls WI | 2,370 | $65K | 3.4% | 6.1% | 15% | B− |
| 2,383 | Charlevoix Township MI | 1,797 | $81K | 7.1% | 2.2% | 11% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Pardeeville, 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 Pardeeville: questions
What is the median household income in Pardeeville?
$64,902 (±$14,704) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pardeeville?
8.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pardeeville?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pardeeville work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (21%, 32 mi), Portage (11%, 8 mi), DeForest (2%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pardeeville walkable?
Pardeeville is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pardeeville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pardeeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pardeeville
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.