Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Pittsfield (1.1%) is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 90% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #102 of 362 in Wisconsin.
Walkability C: more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns · #256 of 362 in Wisconsin.
Household incomes here are higher than in 77% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in Pittsfield; the top destination outside it is Green Bay (20%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Pittsfield
Pittsfield makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Pittsfield are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pittsfield residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Pittsfield and Green Bay trade workers both ways
Green Bay is the top workplace for Pittsfield residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Pittsfield come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Pittsfield has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Pittsfield went from 404 in 2013 to 616 in 2023, +52%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Pittsfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pittsfield is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #102 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.1%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pittsfield could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Pittsfield makes things: 51% of its jobs are in goods
616 jobs are based in Pittsfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pittsfield, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 616. 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.
20% of working residents work in Green Bay
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Pittsfield clocks in
20% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Pittsfield quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,379 residents head out to work, 39 work right here, and 577 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Pittsfield on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.43 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.
About 24 minutes each way, about the WI average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pittsfield workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,040 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Pittsfield commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
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.
Most trips from Pittsfield start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pittsfield is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #256 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,244 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). 2.0% of Pittsfield households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pittsfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pittsfield is 354th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pittsfield, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Center WI | 3,706 | $115K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 352 | Hunter OH | 3,551 | $127K | 3.0% | 4.2% | <1% | A |
| 353 | Rye Township PA | 2,284 | $102K | 4.5% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| 354 | Pittsfield WI | 2,838 | $100K | 5.7% | 1.1% | 3% | A |
| 355 | Coopersburg PA | 2,535 | $84K | 5.8% | 1.1% | 5% | A |
| 356 | Summit Township IL | 3,723 | $111K | 2.7% | 0.1% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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.
21% of Pittsfield works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Pulaski (11%). Darker towns draw more of Pittsfield’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pittsfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittsfield | – | A | C | 24 min | $100,139 |
| Pulaski | 11% | A− | B− | 26 min | $71,473 |
| Howard | 7% | A | C | 20 min | $85,477 |
| Chase | under 2% | A | D− | 29 min | $102,634 |
| Suamico | 3% | A | C− | 23 min | $118,337 |
| Maple Grove | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Seymour | under 2% | B | B− | 28 min | $88,224 |
Same-state neighbors only. Maple Grove: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Pittsfield: questions
What is the median household income in Pittsfield?
$100,139 (±$12,717) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pittsfield?
5.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pittsfield?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pittsfield work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (20%, 12 mi), Pulaski (11%, 3 mi), Ashwaubenon (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pittsfield walkable?
Pittsfield is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pittsfield without a car?
<1% 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 Pittsfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pittsfield
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.