Range Line Road Bridge · Photo: Freekee · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in River Hills have higher incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
River Hills grades A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. 5.1% of residents live below the poverty line (Wisconsin 10.6%). For 31% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets River Hills apart on work
River Hills and Milwaukee trade workers both ways
Milwaukee is the top workplace for River Hills residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in River Hills come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in River Hills
31% of River Hills workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of River Hills’ working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 24 minutes, longer than the Wisconsin average of 22. 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 684 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why River Hills gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, River Hills is among the top U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($204,427, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: River Hills’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, River Hills could be anywhere from A to A+.
33% of working residents work in Milwaukee
Where River Hills clocks in
33% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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 trip to work from River Hills: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of River Hills workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 492 commuters (the 31% 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.
River Hills by day and by night
On a workday 654 residents head out to work, 30 work right here, and 558 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 (0.86 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.
River Hills is a services town
588 jobs are based in River Hills.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in River Hills, 2013 → 2023: 501 → 588. 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 River Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from River Hills
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.
River Hills is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, River Hills is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place River Hills 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 717 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 13.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 96% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of River Hills households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of River Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
River Hills places 69th of 5,794 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 24 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Lookout Mountain TN | 2,044 | $201K | 2.3% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 68 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| 69 | River Hills WI | 1,555 | $204K | 5.1% | 1.4% | 4% | A+ |
| 70 | Governors Club NC | 1,787 | $236K | 0.0% | 8.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 71 | Loveland Park OH | 1,700 | $119K | 1.5% | 2.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 River Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around River Hills: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Glendale (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | River Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| River Hills | – | A+ | B | 24 min | $204,427 |
| Glendale | 5% | B+ | A | 21 min | $78,092 |
| Brown Deer | 2% | A− | A− | 22 min | $93,974 |
| Bayside | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 23 min | $160,096 |
| Fox Point | under 2% | A+ | A− | 26 min | $141,467 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of River Hills’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 River Hills: questions
What is the median household income in River Hills?
$204,427 (±$24,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in River Hills?
5.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from River Hills?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in River Hills work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (33%, 8 mi), Wauwatosa (8%, 9 mi), Mequon (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is River Hills walkable?
River Hills is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around River Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from River Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of River Hills
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.