At 0.4%, unemployment in St. Joseph is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
The two grades for St. Joseph are A+ for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, St. Joseph is ahead of 85% of U.S. towns. Working from home is the commute for 27% of workers, next to 13% for Wisconsin as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from St. Joseph, in brief
A lot of St. Joseph workers cross into Minnesota
29% of St. Joseph workers work outside Wisconsin, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, St. Paul (8%), Minneapolis (5%) and Stillwater (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
A lot of St. Joseph works from home
27% of St. Joseph workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
St. Joseph has added jobs fast
Jobs based in St. Joseph went from 308 in 2013 to 495 in 2023, +61%. The jobs ↓
St. Joseph is a place people come home to
There are 495 jobs based in St. Joseph, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Joseph has about 2,800 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
St. Joseph workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
St. Joseph’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Joseph could be anywhere from A to A+.
12% of working residents work in Hudson
Where St. Joseph clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
St. Joseph’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Joseph workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,599 commuters (the 27% 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.
Jobs in St. Joseph: what the 495 are
495 jobs are based in St. Joseph.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Joseph, 2013 → 2023: 308 → 495. 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 St. Joseph’s own residents hold wherever they work.
St. Joseph on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,017 residents head out to work, 104 work right here, and 391 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in St. Joseph on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.23 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from St. Joseph
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.
Few in St. Joseph walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Joseph is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns, #309 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place St. Joseph near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,199 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). 0.0% of St. Joseph households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Joseph’s commuters take a bus or train.
St. Joseph is 97th of 4,000 U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 96 | Dunn WI | 4,676 | $128K | 3.4% | 0.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 97 | St. Joseph WI | 4,408 | $113K | 2.6% | 0.4% | 5% | A+ |
| 98 | Hayfield VA | 4,392 | $192K | 1.8% | 3.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 99 | Lakewood IL | 4,293 | $174K | 3.5% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 St. Joseph, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to St. Joseph
The biggest share goes to Stillwater (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Joseph workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph | – | A+ | C− | 29 min | $113,316 |
| Somerset | under 2% | A+ | B | 30 min | $131,226 |
| Richmond | under 2% | B | C− | 29 min | $116,607 |
| Hudson | 2% | A+ | C | 27 min | $139,767 |
| Warren | under 2% | A+ | C− | 26 min | $154,423 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Joseph’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 St. Joseph: questions
What is the median household income in St. Joseph?
$113,316 (±$15,980) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Joseph?
2.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Joseph?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Joseph work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hudson (12%, 6 mi), St. Paul (8%, 21 mi), Minneapolis (5%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Joseph walkable?
St. Joseph is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Joseph 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 St. Joseph, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Joseph
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.