Photo: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Sullivan commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
For jobs and income Sullivan is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (D). There are 119 jobs in Sullivan for 1,138 working residents. Hardly any work in Sullivan; the top destination outside it is Oconomowoc (7%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sullivan in brief
Sullivan workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (25 to 32 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Sullivan is a place people come home to
There are 119 jobs based in Sullivan, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sullivan has about 1,300 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. 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.
Jobs & income in Sullivan: the grade in detail
Job access by car holds Sullivan’s grade up (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, 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, Sullivan could be anywhere from C+ to A.
About 36 minutes to work from Sullivan
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sullivan workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 955 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.
Who leaves Sullivan for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,128 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Sullivan on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
The towns that employ Sullivan’s residents
Where Sullivan clocks in
7% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
What Sullivan’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sullivan, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 119. 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 Sullivan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Sullivan commutes less than 20 miles
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 Sullivan, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,029 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). 5.5% of Sullivan households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sullivan’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Sullivan comes 1,709th 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 | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 35 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,707 | Plain Township OH | 3,068 | $86K | 12.9% | 2.9% | 6% | B |
| 1,708 | Oliver Township PA | 2,097 | $91K | 8.7% | 6.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,709 | Sullivan WI | 2,318 | $86K | 6.7% | 6.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,710 | Mountain View Ranches AZ | 1,984 | $116K | 2.1% | 6.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,711 | Dixon Lane-MeadowCreek CA | 3,071 | $76K | 6.5% | 0.4% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Sullivan, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
The towns around Sullivan
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sullivan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sullivan | – | B | D | 36 min | $85,833 |
| Ottawa | under 3% | A+ | D | 27 min | $153,018 |
| Jefferson | under 3% | A | B− | 25 min | $99,667 |
| Palmyra | under 3% | A− | B− | 28 min | $86,250 |
| Concord | under 3% | A+ | D | 32 min | $107,969 |
| Hebron | under 3% | B+ | D | 27 min | $94,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sullivan’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 Sullivan: questions
What is the median household income in Sullivan?
$85,833 (±$8,331) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sullivan?
6.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sullivan?
36 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sullivan work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oconomowoc (7%, 11 mi), Fort Atkinson (6%, 13 mi), Madison (6%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sullivan walkable?
Sullivan is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sullivan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sullivan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sullivan
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.