Poygan has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
53 jobs are based in Poygan, and 570 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Poygan is better than 85% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−). Measured by household income, Poygan is ahead of 75% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Poygan at work: what stands out
Poygan is a place people come home to
There are 53 jobs based in Poygan, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Poygan has about 780 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Poygan workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 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 570 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Poygan: the grade in detail
The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 54% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (0.3%) is left out: Poygan’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, Poygan could be anywhere from B+ to A.
In and out of Poygan on a workday
On a workday 566 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Poygan on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 31 minutes each way for Poygan’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Poygan workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 558 commuters (the 14% 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.
26% of working residents work in Oshkosh
Where Poygan clocks in
26% of workers
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.
The kinds of work in Poygan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Poygan, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 53. 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 Poygan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Poygan commutes less than 18 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.
Most of Poygan commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Poygan is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Poygan 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 651 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). 1.7% of Poygan households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Poygan’s commuters take a bus or train.
380th of 5,400: where Poygan ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 378 | Rossville TN | 1,215 | $120K | 7.3% | 6.1% | 1% | A |
| 379 | Newburg WI | 1,129 | $78K | 2.3% | 1.3% | <1% | A |
| 380 | Poygan WI | 1,297 | $98K | 2.9% | 0.3% | 1% | A |
| 381 | Fort Calhoun NE | 1,108 | $102K | 6.9% | 2.1% | 9% | A− |
| 382 | Barneveld WI | 1,333 | $114K | 4.6% | 2.8% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Poygan, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Poygan compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Poygan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poygan | – | A | D− | 31 min | $98,000 |
| Rushford | under 3% | B | C+ | 28 min | $70,521 |
| Poy Sippi | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Winneconne | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Wolf River | under 3% | B | D | 30 min | $75,909 |
Same-state neighbors only. Poy Sippi: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Winneconne: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Poygan’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 Poygan: questions
What is the median household income in Poygan?
$98,000 (±$22,431) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Poygan?
2.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Poygan?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Poygan work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oshkosh (26%, 15 mi), Ripon (8%, 18 mi), Appleton (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Poygan walkable?
Poygan is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Poygan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Poygan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Poygan
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.