Benjamin Single House · Photo: Tgkrause · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Stettin (0.8%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Stettin itself; outside it, Wausau draws the most (39%, 7 miles). Stettin grades A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Measured by household income, Stettin is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stettin and work: the main findings
Much of Stettin works one town over
48% of working residents work in a town that borders Stettin: Wausau (39%), Rib Mountain (4%) and Marathon City (3%). Next door ↓
Stettin makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Stettin are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stettin residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. 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.
Jobs & income in Stettin: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stettin is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #71 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 57% 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, Stettin could be anywhere from A to A+.
Goods, not services: 48% of the jobs in Stettin
631 jobs are based in Stettin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stettin, 2013 → 2023: 825 → 631. 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 Stettin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Stettin, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,280 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 608 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Stettin on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
Where Stettin goes to work
Where Stettin clocks in
39% 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.
How long Stettin spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stettin workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 899 commuters (the 15% 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.
Miles to work from Stettin
About 21% 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.
Driving is how Stettin gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stettin is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns, #322 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Stettin 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 1,057 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). 0.8% of Stettin households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stettin’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stettin places 245th of 5,083 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Sun Prairie WI | 2,291 | $127K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 86 | Verona WI | 2,092 | $150K | 2.6% | 2.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 243 | Dalworthington Gardens TX | 2,276 | $139K | 4.2% | 4.1% | 2% | A |
| 244 | Londonderry Township PA | 2,678 | $123K | 4.7% | 0.8% | 3% | A |
| 245 | Stettin WI | 2,593 | $105K | 2.6% | 0.8% | 2% | A |
| 246 | Montverde FL | 1,836 | $97K | 3.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A |
| 247 | Prairie Grove IL | 1,939 | $141K | 3.7% | 3.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | 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 Stettin, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bordering towns draw 48% of Stettin’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stettin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stettin | – | A | C− | 22 min | $104,697 |
| Wausau | 39% | C+ | A− | 15 min | $64,389 |
| Marathon City | 3% | A− | B | 17 min | $89,519 |
| Rib Mountain | 4% | B+ | C | 19 min | $94,294 |
| Berlin | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Maine | 2% | A | B− | 21 min | $110,721 |
| Marathon | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Berlin: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Marathon: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wausau. Darker towns draw more of Stettin’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 Stettin: questions
What is the median household income in Stettin?
$104,697 (±$10,048) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stettin?
2.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stettin?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stettin work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wausau (39%, 7 mi), Weston (7%, 13 mi), Schofield (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stettin walkable?
Stettin is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stettin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stettin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stettin
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.