OCEAN WAVE (Shipwreck) · Photo: User Royalbroil on en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0At 1.4%, unemployment in Sevastopol is lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Sevastopol; the top destination outside it is Sturgeon Bay (34%, 12 miles). The two grades for Sevastopol are B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working residents average 14 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sevastopol in brief
Sevastopol and Sturgeon Bay trade workers both ways
Sturgeon Bay is the top workplace for Sevastopol residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Sevastopol come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Sevastopol are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin worker. Time on the road ↓
Sevastopol’s workforce skews older
36% of Sevastopol’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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.
How Sevastopol earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sevastopol is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #251 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Sevastopol’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 16% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sevastopol could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where the trip to work from Sevastopol ends
Where Sevastopol clocks in
34% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
About 14 minutes each way for Sevastopol’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sevastopol workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 879 commuters (the 16% 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 482 jobs based in Sevastopol
482 jobs are based in Sevastopol.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sevastopol, 2013 → 2023: 410 → 482. 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 Sevastopol’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Sevastopol on a workday
On a workday 1,050 residents head out to work, 125 work right here, and 357 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Sevastopol on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.41 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sevastopol
About 23% 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.
Few in Sevastopol walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sevastopol is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #236 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,051 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). 2.0% of Sevastopol households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sevastopol’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sevastopol is 1,557th of 4,703 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Center WI | 3,706 | $115K | 1.6% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,555 | Lake Township MI | 3,348 | $83K | 10.4% | 2.6% | 9% | B |
| 1,556 | Leicester NY | 2,064 | $80K | 2.8% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,557 | Sevastopol WI | 2,835 | $89K | 8.1% | 1.4% | 11% | B |
| 1,558 | Big Lake WA | 2,326 | $109K | 5.1% | 0.0% | 1% | B |
| 1,559 | Clay Township IN | 2,920 | $89K | 4.0% | 4.0% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,703 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Sevastopol, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns next door employ 39% of Sevastopol
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sevastopol workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sevastopol | – | B | C+ | 14 min | $88,750 |
| Sturgeon Bay | 34% | C+ | A− | 13 min | $59,926 |
| Sturgeon Bay | under 3% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Jacksonport | 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Egg Harbor | 3% | C | C+ | 21 min | $74,844 |
| Nasewaupee | under 3% | B | B− | 18 min | $85,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Sturgeon Bay: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Jacksonport: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Sturgeon Bay. Darker towns draw more of Sevastopol’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 Sevastopol: questions
What is the median household income in Sevastopol?
$88,750 (±$13,534) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sevastopol?
8.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sevastopol?
14 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sevastopol work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sturgeon Bay (34%, 12 mi), Gibraltar (3%, 17 mi), Baileys Harbor (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sevastopol walkable?
Sevastopol is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sevastopol without a car?
0% 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 Sevastopol, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sevastopol
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.