Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Rosendale are higher than in 74% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Rosendale for work; outside it, Fond du Lac is the main destination (25%, 12 miles). 6.7% of residents live below the poverty line; Wisconsin has 10.6%. For jobs and income Rosendale is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rosendale, in a few figures
Rosendale and Fond du Lac trade workers both ways
Fond du Lac is the top workplace for Rosendale residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Rosendale come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Rosendale makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Rosendale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Rosendale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 33%. The jobs ↓
Rosendale workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 540 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Rosendale
Household income is its strongest input ($95,893, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Rosendale’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, Rosendale could be anywhere from B to A.
Where people from Rosendale work
Where Rosendale clocks in
25% 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.
Goods jobs make up 46% of work in Rosendale
451 jobs are based in Rosendale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosendale, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 451. 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 Rosendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosendale workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 409 commuters (the 9% 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.
In and out of Rosendale on a workday
On a workday 519 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 430 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 (0.84 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Rosendale
About 17% 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.
Most trips from Rosendale start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 451 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). 1.7% of Rosendale households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Rosendale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400, Rosendale ranks 383rd of 3,133 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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| 17 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 28 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 67 | Kaukauna WI | 1,295 | $122K | 2.0% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
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| 381 | Lancaster Township IN | 1,169 | $88K | 2.6% | 1.5% | 1% | B+ |
| 382 | Kingston IL | 1,103 | $88K | 7.0% | 15.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 383 | Rosendale WI | 1,042 | $96K | 6.7% | 3.3% | 4% | B+ |
| 384 | Clear Creek Township NE | 1,303 | $85K | 6.2% | 1.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 385 | Hebron WI | 1,054 | $94K | 6.1% | 5.2% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Rosendale, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Rosendale
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rosendale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosendale | – | B+ | C+ | 27 min | $95,893 |
| Springvale | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Springvale: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rosendale’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 Rosendale: questions
What is the median household income in Rosendale?
$95,893 (±$15,604) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rosendale?
6.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosendale?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosendale work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fond du Lac (25%, 12 mi), Oshkosh (10%, 16 mi), Ripon (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rosendale walkable?
Rosendale is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rosendale without a car?
<1% 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 Rosendale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosendale
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.