Photo: Awkwafaba · CC BY-SA 3.0Rubicon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. Employers in Rubicon report 242 jobs, against 919 working residents. Rubicon grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rubicon, in a few figures
Rubicon’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rubicon is better than 75% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Rubicon’s grade up (2.1%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (9.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Rubicon could be anywhere from B− to A.
How many people are in Rubicon by day
On a workday 896 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 219 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Rubicon on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
14% of working residents work in Hartford
Where Rubicon clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
In Rubicon, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rubicon, 2013 → 2023: 193 → 242. 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 Rubicon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Rubicon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rubicon workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,037 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Rubicon
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.
Rubicon is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rubicon is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,097 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). 3.2% of Rubicon households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rubicon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Rubicon is 972nd among 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 970 | Justice OK | 1,530 | $98K | 7.5% | 2.7% | 1% | B+ |
| 971 | Oakham MA | 1,917 | $102K | 4.4% | 2.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 972 | Rubicon WI | 2,158 | $99K | 9.9% | 2.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 973 | Fort Valley AZ | 1,761 | $126K | 5.2% | 0.6% | 1% | B+ |
| 974 | Maineville OH | 1,518 | $93K | 9.5% | 2.5% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Rubicon, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Rubicon and its neighbors: 17% work next door
The biggest share goes to Hartford (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rubicon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rubicon | – | B+ | C | 23 min | $98,516 |
| Hartford | 14% | B+ | C | 26 min | $82,014 |
| Ashippun | 3% | A | C− | 27 min | $97,159 |
| Hustisford | under 3% | B+ | C− | 35 min | $94,479 |
| Hartford | under 3% | A | C+ | 24 min | $110,273 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rubicon’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 Rubicon: questions
What is the median household income in Rubicon?
$98,516 (±$11,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rubicon?
9.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rubicon?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rubicon work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (14%, 5 mi), Oconomowoc (7%, 16 mi), Madison (4%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rubicon walkable?
Rubicon is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rubicon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rubicon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rubicon
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.