Unemployment in Stockton (0.8%) is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. For jobs and income Stockton is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (C−). Only 2% work in Stockton itself; outside it, Stevens Point draws the most (28%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stockton at work: what stands out
Stockton makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Stockton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Stockton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Stockton works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Stockton: Stevens Point (28%) and Amherst (3%). Next door ↓
Stockton empties out on a workday
About 2,000 people are in Stockton on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 3,000 who live here: 1,400 head out to work and 400 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Stockton’s grade explained
Unemployment holds Stockton’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stockton could be anywhere from B to A.
Goods jobs make up 51% of work in Stockton
429 jobs are based in Stockton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stockton, 2013 → 2023: 271 → 429. 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 Stockton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Stockton
On a workday 1,375 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 398 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,000 people are in Stockton on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.31 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 Stockton goes to work
Where Stockton clocks in
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.
About 24 minutes each way for Stockton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stockton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,384 commuters (the 14% 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 Stockton goes to work
About 26% 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.
Stockton is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,607 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). 2.0% of Stockton households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stockton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stockton is 1,007th of 4,771 U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,100 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,005 | Pittston Township PA | 3,295 | $69K | 6.1% | 2.1% | 9% | A− |
| 1,006 | Fox Lake WI | 2,550 | $93K | 3.5% | 1.0% | 3% | A− |
| 1,007 | Stockton WI | 3,019 | $88K | 6.7% | 0.8% | 2% | A− |
| 1,008 | Santa Claus IN | 2,641 | $90K | 3.7% | 1.8% | 7% | A− |
| 1,009 | Westworth Village TX | 2,737 | $86K | 12.2% | 2.9% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,771 | 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 Stockton, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Bordering towns draw 31% of Stockton’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stockton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stockton | – | A− | C− | 24 min | $87,632 |
| Amherst | 3% | B | D | 29 min | $94,205 |
| Buena Vista | under 2% | B− | B | 21 min | $68,472 |
| Sharon | under 2% | A | C+ | 26 min | $96,250 |
| Stevens Point | 28% | C | A | 17 min | $58,031 |
| Plover | under 2% | B+ | C+ | 16 min | $90,481 |
| New Hope | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Polonia | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. New Hope: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Polonia: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Stevens Point. Darker towns draw more of Stockton’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 Stockton: questions
What is the median household income in Stockton?
$87,632 (±$12,857) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stockton?
6.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stockton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stockton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stevens Point (28%, 7 mi), Plover (7%, 6 mi), Amherst (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stockton walkable?
Stockton is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stockton without a car?
0% 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 Stockton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stockton
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.