Photo: Freekee/Kevin Hansen · CC BY-SA 3.0At 0.6%, unemployment in Thiensville is lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Only 3% stay in Thiensville for work; outside it, Milwaukee is the main destination (22%, 12 miles). The two grades for Thiensville are A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Home is the office for 22% of workers, against 13% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Thiensville
Many jobs in Thiensville pay little
36% of the jobs based in Thiensville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 35% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Thiensville and Milwaukee trade workers both ways
Milwaukee is the top workplace for Thiensville residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Thiensville come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Thiensville
63% of Thiensville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 38% of the jobs based in Thiensville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
A lot of Thiensville works from home
22% of Thiensville workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
Thiensville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Thiensville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Thiensville is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #55 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($95,685, U.S. $80,734). 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, Thiensville could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What work there is in Thiensville: 901 jobs
901 jobs are based in Thiensville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thiensville, 2013 → 2023: 992 → 901. 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 Thiensville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Thiensville’s working residents head each day
Where Thiensville clocks in
22% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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.
The trip to work from Thiensville: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thiensville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,452 commuters (the 22% 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.
Thiensville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,591 residents head out to work, 54 work right here, and 847 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Thiensville on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.55 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 many miles Thiensville 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.
Few in Thiensville walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Thiensville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns, #210 of 362 in Wisconsin. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 4.8% across Wisconsin.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,850 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). 4.3% of Thiensville households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Thiensville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Thiensville places 193rd of 4,453 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 191 | Pleasant Springs WI | 2,968 | $119K | 3.5% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 192 | Highland Beach FL | 4,328 | $145K | 2.3% | 3.5% | 7% | A+ |
| 193 | Thiensville WI | 3,267 | $96K | 5.6% | 0.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 194 | Hudson Township IL | 2,498 | $114K | 2.7% | 1.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 195 | Swan Township IN | 2,327 | $112K | 0.7% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Thiensville, 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 Thiensville: questions
What is the median household income in Thiensville?
$95,685 (±$23,930) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thiensville?
5.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thiensville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thiensville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milwaukee (22%, 12 mi), Mequon (13%, 3 mi), Wauwatosa (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Thiensville walkable?
Thiensville is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Thiensville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thiensville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thiensville
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.