Most of Richmond commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Richmond is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. There are 490 jobs in Richmond, and 2,313 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Richmond is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Richmond, in brief
Richmond makes and builds things
71% of the jobs based in Richmond are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Richmond residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Richmond workers cross into Minnesota
25% of Richmond workers work outside Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, St. Paul (5%), Minneapolis (3%) and Stillwater (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Richmond and New Richmond trade workers both ways
New Richmond is the top workplace for Richmond residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Richmond come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Richmond is a place people come home to
There are 490 jobs based in Richmond, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Richmond has about 2,500 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Richmond
24% of Richmond workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. 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.
What’s behind Richmond’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Richmond’s grade up ($116,607, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Richmond could be anywhere from C to A.
Factories, building and farms: 71% of the jobs in Richmond
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Richmond, 2013 → 2023: 356 → 490. 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 Richmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
15% of working residents work in New Richmond
Where Richmond clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
Richmond quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,260 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 437 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Richmond on a workday afternoon, 43% 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 trip to work from Richmond: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Richmond workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,725 commuters (the 24% 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 distance from Richmond to work
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.
Getting around Richmond: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,265 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). 0.9% of Richmond households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Richmond’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Richmond comes 1,867th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 65 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,865 | Grand River Township MO | 3,258 | $78K | 8.8% | 2.4% | 13% | B |
| 1,866 | Stanford NY | 3,703 | $89K | 13.8% | 1.3% | 8% | B |
| 1,867 | Richmond WI | 4,276 | $117K | 12.0% | 5.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,868 | Mayville WI | 5,184 | $67K | 6.6% | 4.3% | 27% | B |
| 1,869 | Richland Township MI | 3,902 | $84K | 12.5% | 3.0% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Richmond, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work next door: 15% of Richmond’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Richmond workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond | – | B | C− | 29 min | $116,607 |
| New Richmond | 15% | B+ | B− | 25 min | $88,157 |
| Erin Prairie | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| St. Joseph | under 3% | A+ | C− | 29 min | $113,316 |
| Warren | under 3% | A+ | C− | 26 min | $154,423 |
| Star Prairie | under 3% | A | D | 31 min | $101,518 |
Same-state neighbors only. Erin Prairie: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to New Richmond. Darker towns draw more of Richmond’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 Richmond: questions
What is the median household income in Richmond?
$116,607 (±$15,725) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Richmond?
12.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Richmond?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Richmond work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Richmond (15%, 4 mi), Hudson (8%, 11 mi), St. Paul (5%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Richmond walkable?
Richmond is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Richmond without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Richmond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Richmond
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.