Photo: Mimich · Public domainMost of Red River commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Red River A; getting around on foot earns it C. Employers in Red River report 270 jobs; 716 of its residents have a job. Only 3% stay in Red River for work; outside it, Green Bay is the main destination (17%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Red River in brief
The figures behind Red River’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Red River is better than 86% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.6%, 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 (1.9%) is left out: Red River’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, Red River could be anywhere from A− to A.
Red River’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Red River workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 696 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.
The daily flow of workers through Red River
On a workday 693 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere.
About 940 people are in Red River on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
The towns that employ Red River’s residents
Where Red River clocks in
17% 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.
Making and building: 53% of jobs based in Red River
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red River, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 270. 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 Red River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Red River works
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.
The commute in Red River is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Red River is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Red River 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 752 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). 3.9% of Red River households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Red River’s commuters take a bus or train.
389th of 5,877: where Red River ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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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| 26 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 387 | Concord Township OH | 1,396 | $117K | 1.8% | 2.4% | 1% | A |
| 388 | Lostcreek Township OH | 1,669 | $97K | 1.2% | 1.7% | 3% | A |
| 389 | Red River WI | 1,387 | $97K | 1.6% | 1.9% | 3% | A |
| 390 | Anderson Township IN | 1,285 | $98K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3% | A |
| 391 | Theresa WI | 1,073 | $117K | 5.6% | 3.7% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Red River, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Red River
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Red River workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red River | – | A | C | 30 min | $97,361 |
| Union | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Lincoln | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Green Bay | under 3% | A | C− | 25 min | $97,222 |
| Luxemburg | 3% | A− | B+ | 22 min | $89,167 |
| Dyckesville | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Union: not graded. Lincoln: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Dyckesville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Luxemburg. Darker towns draw more of Red River’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 Red River: questions
What is the median household income in Red River?
$97,361 (±$13,258) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Red River?
1.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Red River?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Red River work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (17%, 18 mi), Luxemburg (11%, 7 mi), Ashwaubenon (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Red River walkable?
Red River is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Red River without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Red River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red River
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.