With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Richland works elsewhere
6% of workers have no commute at all (Wisconsin 13%). There are 259 jobs in Richland for 521 working residents. Jobs and income earn Richland B−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Richland stands out on work
What’s behind Richland’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Richland is better than 45% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Richland’s grade up ($94,167, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Richland’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, Richland could be anywhere from C to B.
31% of working residents work in Richland Center
Where Richland clocks in
8% 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.
How many people are in Richland by day
On a workday 510 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 248 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Richland on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
29% of the jobs in Richland make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richland, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 259. 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 Richland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Richland: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 562 commuters (the 6% 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.
Half of Richland commutes less than 20 miles
About 25% 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 Richland, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Richland is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 598 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). 5.8% of Richland households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Richland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Richland next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 1,667th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | 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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| 21 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,665 | Ellington Township MI | 1,318 | $82K | 6.6% | 2.9% | 3% | B− |
| 1,666 | Columbus Township PA | 1,540 | $73K | 5.5% | 1.8% | 3% | B− |
| 1,667 | Richland WI | 1,161 | $94K | 9.9% | 2.3% | 2% | B− |
| 1,668 | Coosada AL | 1,315 | $62K | 10.0% | 1.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,669 | Sparta Township IL | 1,022 | $69K | 7.2% | 1.3% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Richland, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door is work for 31% of Richland
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland | – | B− | C− | 18 min | $94,167 |
| Dayton | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Richland Center | 31% | C− | B | 20 min | $51,932 |
| Ithaca | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Orion | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Rockbridge | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dayton: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Ithaca, Orion and Rockbridge: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Richland Center. Darker towns draw more of Richland’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 Richland: questions
What is the median household income in Richland?
$94,167 (±$9,829) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richland?
9.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richland?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richland work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richland Center (31%, 1 mi), Madison (8%, 50 mi), Spring Green (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richland walkable?
Richland is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richland
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.