Sobieski has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 50% of workers, the job is at home; Wisconsin has 13%. Sobieski has 75 jobs, against 137 working residents. Hardly any work in Sobieski itself; outside it, Green Bay draws the most (29%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sobieski by day and by night
On a workday 137 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Sobieski on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Where the trip to work from Sobieski ends
Where Sobieski clocks in
29% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Sobieski
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sobieski, 2013 → 2023: 53 → 75. 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 Sobieski’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Sobieski
of Sobieski workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 63 commuters (the 50% 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 Sobieski
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.
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 Sobieski: questions
What is the median household income in Sobieski?
$62,135 (±$32,499) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sobieski?
0.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Sobieski work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (29%, 14 mi), Ashwaubenon (9%, 17 mi), De Pere (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sobieski without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sobieski, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sobieski
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.