Photo: Midnightcomm · CC BY-SA 2.5Slinger has higher household incomes than 78% of U.S. towns
2.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.6% across Wisconsin. The two grades for Slinger are A− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 7% work in Slinger itself; outside it, Milwaukee draws the most (12%, 24 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Slinger apart on work
Slinger workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Slinger’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Slinger is Milwaukee, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 12% of working residents (382) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Slinger has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Slinger went from 1,607 in 2013 to 2,270 in 2023, +41%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Slinger: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Slinger is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #160 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate holds Slinger’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Slinger could be anywhere from B to A+.
From Slinger, about 32 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Slinger workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,997 commuters (the 12% 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.
How far Slinger goes to work
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.
The kinds of work in Slinger
2,270 jobs are based in Slinger.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Slinger, 2013 → 2023: 1,607 → 2,270. 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 Slinger’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Slinger
On a workday 3,041 residents head out to work, 219 work right here, and 2,051 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,500 people are in Slinger on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.70 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.
The towns that employ Slinger’s residents
Where Slinger clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Slinger is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Slinger is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #238 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,419 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). 2.3% of Slinger households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Slinger’s commuters take a bus or train.
Slinger next to U.S. towns of 4,500 to 8,800: 760th of 3,351 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | Point Pleasant Beach NJ | 4,993 | $142K | 5.2% | 5.6% | 17% | A− |
| 759 | Ovilla TX | 4,808 | $131K | 5.9% | 6.2% | 1% | A− |
| 760 | Slinger WI | 6,495 | $101K | 2.9% | 5.5% | 7% | A− |
| 761 | Clear Lake Township IL | 8,248 | $86K | 6.3% | 1.8% | 7% | A− |
| 762 | Spring Grove IL | 5,526 | $134K | 1.4% | 7.3% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,351 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Slinger, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Slinger: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Hartford (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Slinger’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 Slinger: questions
What is the median household income in Slinger?
$101,404 (±$5,742) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Slinger?
2.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Slinger?
32 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Slinger work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (12%, 24 mi), West Bend (7%, 7 mi), Hartford (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Slinger walkable?
Slinger is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Slinger 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 Slinger, from the people who make the trip.
More of Slinger
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.