Elkhart Lake Road Race Circuits · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Rhine works elsewhere
Employers in Rhine report 197 jobs for 869 working residents. For jobs and income Rhine is better than 78% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rhine, in a few figures
Rhine is a place people come home to
There are 197 jobs based in Rhine, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Rhine has about 1,500 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Rhine than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Rhine fell from 303 in 2013 to 197 in 2023, −35%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 869 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Rhine
The poverty rate holds Rhine’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rhine could be anywhere from B− to A.
The daily flow of workers through Rhine
On a workday 853 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Rhine 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.
Jobs in Rhine: what the 197 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rhine, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 197. 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 Rhine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
13% of working residents work in Sheboygan
Where Rhine clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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 daily trip from Rhine: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rhine workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 882 commuters (the 15% 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 commute from Rhine, by distance
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.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Rhine, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,033 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). 2.4% of Rhine households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rhine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900, Rhine ranks 831st of 5,404 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 829 | Morton Township KS | 2,819 | $84K | 6.4% | 1.5% | 17% | A− |
| 830 | Mount Pleasant Township PA | 1,519 | $92K | 2.7% | 2.5% | <1% | A− |
| 831 | Rhine WI | 2,123 | $99K | 3.6% | 3.5% | 2% | A− |
| 832 | Sea Isle City NJ | 2,114 | $108K | 5.4% | 7.1% | 17% | A− |
| 833 | Hampton CT | 1,768 | $109K | 5.7% | 6.5% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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 Rhine, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Rhine: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rhine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhine | – | A− | D | 19 min | $98,542 |
| Schleswig | under 2% | B+ | C− | 22 min | $91,574 |
| Plymouth | under 2% | A− | D | 18 min | $76,094 |
| Russell | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Herman | under 2% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $104,615 |
| Greenbush | under 2% | A− | D | 26 min | $87,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Russell: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rhine’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 Rhine: questions
What is the median household income in Rhine?
$98,542 (±$18,575) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rhine?
3.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rhine?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rhine work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sheboygan (13%, 15 mi), Elkhart Lake (11%, 3 mi), Plymouth (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rhine walkable?
Rhine is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rhine without a car?
0% 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 Rhine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rhine
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.