Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.1%, unemployment in Taycheedah is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Taycheedah itself; outside it, Fond du Lac draws the most (42%, 7 miles). The two grades for Taycheedah are A for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Taycheedah: the figures worth knowing
Taycheedah and Fond du Lac trade workers both ways
Fond du Lac is the top workplace for Taycheedah residents (42%) and also where the most people who work in Taycheedah come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Taycheedah makes and builds things
47% of the jobs based in Taycheedah are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Taycheedah residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Taycheedah is a place people come home to
There are 585 jobs based in Taycheedah, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Taycheedah has about 3,100 people in it, 33% 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.
The four measures behind Taycheedah’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Taycheedah is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #77 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% 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, Taycheedah could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Commuting out of Taycheedah: the destinations
Where Taycheedah clocks in
42% of workers
5% of workers
2% 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.
Taycheedah works in goods: 47% of its jobs
585 jobs are based in Taycheedah.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taycheedah, 2013 → 2023: 486 → 585. 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 Taycheedah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Taycheedah on a workday
On a workday 2,089 residents head out to work, 66 work right here, and 519 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Taycheedah on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
How long Taycheedah spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taycheedah workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,192 commuters (the 10% 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.
Half of Taycheedah commutes less than 10 miles
About 17% 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 Taycheedah, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Taycheedah is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns, #317 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,427 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). 6.0% of Taycheedah households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Taycheedah’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Taycheedah is 274th among 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 272 | Fancy Creek Township IL | 5,806 | $145K | 4.1% | 1.9% | 6% | A |
| 273 | Salem Township MI | 5,269 | $89K | 2.9% | 0.4% | 6% | A |
| 274 | Taycheedah WI | 4,690 | $106K | 3.1% | 1.1% | 3% | A |
| 275 | North Oaks MN | 5,283 | $232K | 5.1% | 4.0% | 4% | A |
| 276 | Crosby Township OH | 6,270 | $124K | 5.9% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | 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 Taycheedah, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
43% of Taycheedah works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taycheedah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taycheedah | – | A | C− | 25 min | $105,690 |
| Fond du Lac | 42% | C+ | A− | 19 min | $62,260 |
| Calumet | 1% | B+ | C− | 26 min | $81,486 |
| Empire | under 2% | A+ | D | 22 min | $125,185 |
| Friendship | under 2% | A | D | 22 min | $70,272 |
| Fond du Lac | under 2% | A | C+ | 19 min | $106,179 |
| Marshfield | under 2% | B | B− | 29 min | $98,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fond du Lac. Darker towns draw more of Taycheedah’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 Taycheedah: questions
What is the median household income in Taycheedah?
$105,690 (±$12,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taycheedah?
3.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taycheedah?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taycheedah work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fond du Lac (42%, 7 mi), Oshkosh (5%, 17 mi), Madison (2%, 75 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Taycheedah walkable?
Taycheedah is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Taycheedah 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 Taycheedah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taycheedah
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.