Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Randolph are lower than in 76% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 6.9% of residents; Wisconsin has 10.6%. Jobs and income earn Randolph C+; getting around on foot earns it B+. Only 5% stay in Randolph for work; outside it, Madison is the main destination (12%, 38 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Randolph, in a few figures
Randolph’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Randolph is Madison, 38 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (102) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Randolph workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 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 877 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Randolph’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Randolph is better than 43% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Randolph’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($58,571, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Randolph’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, Randolph could be anywhere from C to B.
The distance from Randolph to work
About 19% 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.
Randolph’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Randolph workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 741 commuters (the 7% 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.
Randolph on a workday afternoon
On a workday 835 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 697 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
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 Randolph’s working residents head each day
Where Randolph clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 29% of the jobs in Randolph
739 jobs are based in Randolph.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Randolph, 2013 → 2023: 861 → 739. 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 Randolph’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Randolph is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Randolph is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Randolph 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 793 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). 7.6% of Randolph households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Randolph’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Randolph is 2,744th among 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,742 | Robinhood MS | 1,298 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,743 | Watsontown PA | 2,188 | $60K | 11.9% | 3.6% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,744 | Randolph WI | 1,771 | $59K | 6.9% | 2.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,745 | Bennington Township KS | 1,269 | $86K | 8.6% | 2.7% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,746 | Turtle Creek Township OH | 1,555 | $84K | 15.8% | 3.9% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Randolph, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Randolph compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Randolph workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph | – | C+ | B+ | 27 min | $58,571 |
| Courtland | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Fox Lake | under 2% | A− | D | 25 min | $92,639 |
| Westford | under 2% | B | C | 23 min | $92,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Courtland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Randolph’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 Randolph: questions
What is the median household income in Randolph?
$58,571 (±$9,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Randolph?
6.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Randolph?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Randolph work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (12%, 38 mi), Beaver Dam (10%, 10 mi), Columbus (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Randolph walkable?
Randolph is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Randolph without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Randolph, from the people who make the trip.
More of Randolph
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.