With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Stiles works elsewhere
Stiles grades B− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Employers in Stiles report 172 jobs, against 732 working residents. Only 2% stay in Stiles for work; outside it, Green Bay is the main destination (16%, 26 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Stiles: the figures worth knowing
Stiles’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stiles is Green Bay, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (120) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stiles is a place people come home to
There are 172 jobs based in Stiles, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stiles has about 990 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stiles workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 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; with 732 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Stiles’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Stiles is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Stiles’ grade up ($81,339, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 40% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.5%) is left out: Stiles’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Stiles could be anywhere from C to B.
Near or far: the trip to work from Stiles
About 18% 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.
In and out of Stiles on a workday
On a workday 719 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Stiles on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Getting to work from Stiles takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stiles workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 696 commuters (the 11% 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.
Commuting out of Stiles: the destinations
Where Stiles clocks in
16% 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.
Stiles makes things: 43% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stiles, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 172. 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 Stiles’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Stiles, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stiles is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Stiles 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 779 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). 0.9% of Stiles households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stiles’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Stiles is 2,272nd of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,270 | Nobleboro ME | 1,909 | $100K | 10.4% | 4.2% | 6% | B− |
| 2,271 | Royalston MA | 1,297 | $102K | 11.8% | 5.5% | 6% | B− |
| 2,272 | Stiles WI | 1,553 | $81K | 10.6% | 0.5% | 2% | B− |
| 2,273 | Buena Vista WI | 1,145 | $68K | 4.7% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,274 | Bellevue IL | 1,888 | $61K | 11.6% | 6.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Stiles, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Stiles
The biggest share goes to Oconto Falls (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stiles workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stiles | – | B− | D | 30 min | $81,339 |
| Oconto Falls | 5% | C+ | C | 29 min | $51,228 |
| Abrams | 2% | A | C− | 28 min | $103,750 |
| Oconto | under 2% | B | C+ | 33 min | $93,125 |
| Lena | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Oconto Falls | under 2% | B+ | C | 29 min | $91,597 |
Same-state neighbors only. Lena: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stiles’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 Stiles: questions
What is the median household income in Stiles?
$81,339 (±$6,679) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stiles?
10.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stiles?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stiles work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (16%, 26 mi), Ashwaubenon (10%, 29 mi), De Pere (7%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stiles walkable?
Stiles is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stiles 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 Stiles, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stiles
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.