Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0Royalton has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C+: better than 44% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 55% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Only 1% work in Royalton; the top destination outside it is Waupaca (9%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Royalton
Royalton is a place people come home to
There are 51 jobs based in Royalton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Royalton has about 690 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Royalton workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 694 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Royalton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Royalton is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Royalton’s grade up ($79,205, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Royalton’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, Royalton could be anywhere from C− to B.
Royalton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 688 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Royalton on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
0.07 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 24 minutes each way, about the WI average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Royalton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 693 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
9% of working residents work in Waupaca
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Royalton clocks in
9% 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.
Royalton makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods
51 jobs are based in Royalton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Royalton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Royalton, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 51. 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.
Half of Royalton commutes less than 24 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20% 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.
Most trips from Royalton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Royalton is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 718 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). 9.7% of Royalton households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Royalton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Royalton is 2,201st of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Royalton, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 45 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,199 | Washington NH | 1,221 | $89K | 8.7% | 0.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,200 | Wetmore Township PA | 1,567 | $83K | 6.3% | 0.3% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,201 | Royalton WI | 1,330 | $79K | 9.1% | 5.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,202 | Western Lake TX | 1,165 | $34K | 5.8% | 33.9% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,203 | Burlingame Township KS | 1,703 | $64K | 6.5% | 6.8% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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.
Royalton and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Weyauwega (2%). Darker towns draw more of Royalton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Royalton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalton | – | C+ | B− | 24 min | $79,205 |
| Weyauwega | 2% | C+ | B | 21 min | $66,625 |
| Weyauwega | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Waupaca | under 3% | B | D | 22 min | $82,188 |
| Mukwa | under 3% | A− | D | 31 min | $105,385 |
| Little Wolf | under 3% | B+ | C | 29 min | $94,205 |
Same-state neighbors only. Weyauwega: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Royalton: questions
What is the median household income in Royalton?
$79,205 (±$19,436) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Royalton?
9.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Royalton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Royalton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waupaca (9%, 7 mi), New London (8%, 10 mi), Appleton (7%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Royalton walkable?
Royalton is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Royalton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Royalton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Royalton
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.