Photo: Wasted Time R · CC BY 3.0A job hub: Sturtevant has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 5,154 people come in to work
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 0.5 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 12.9 in Milwaukee. There are 5,328 jobs in Sturtevant, against 2,868 working residents. Jobs and income earn Sturtevant B+; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Sturtevant
Sturtevant makes and builds things
52% of the jobs based in Sturtevant are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Sturtevant residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Sturtevant is where the jobs are
Sturtevant has 5,328 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. 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.
The figures behind Sturtevant’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sturtevant is better than 68% of U.S. towns, #231 of 362 in Wisconsin. Job access by car holds Sturtevant’s grade up (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.8%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sturtevant could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
Sturtevant works in goods: 52% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sturtevant, 2013 → 2023: 4,532 → 5,328. 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 Sturtevant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Sturtevant
On a workday 2,694 residents head out to work and 174 work right here.
About 9,300 people are in Sturtevant on a workday afternoon, 36% more 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 Sturtevant’s workforce comes from
Where Sturtevant clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Time on the road from Sturtevant: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sturtevant workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,563 commuters (the 7% 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 many miles Sturtevant commutes
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Sturtevant
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sturtevant is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns, #75 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Sturtevant 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 2,764 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 39% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Sturtevant households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 4% of Sturtevant’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Sturtevant is 1,221st of 3,229 U.S. towns of 4,800 to 9,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 18 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | Geneseo IL | 6,505 | $70K | 2.6% | 3.5% | 33% | B+ |
| 1,220 | South Williamsport PA | 6,124 | $65K | 4.4% | 3.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,221 | Sturtevant WI | 6,852 | $93K | 7.4% | 5.8% | 6% | B+ |
| 1,222 | Hillsborough NH | 6,134 | $84K | 6.0% | 2.2% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,223 | Waterboro ME | 8,219 | $89K | 6.0% | 2.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,229 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Sturtevant, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
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 Sturtevant: questions
What is the median household income in Sturtevant?
$92,647 (±$29,684) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sturtevant?
7.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sturtevant?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sturtevant work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Racine (14%, 5 mi), Kenosha (10%, 8 mi), Milwaukee (10%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sturtevant walkable?
Sturtevant is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sturtevant without a car?
4% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sturtevant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sturtevant
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.