Most of Twin Lakes commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Twin Lakes report 1,020 jobs for 3,144 working residents. For jobs and income Twin Lakes is better than 74% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (C). Only 7% work in Twin Lakes itself; outside it, Kenosha draws the most (7%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Twin Lakes in brief
No single place dominates Twin Lakes’ commute
The biggest draw, Kenosha, gets only 7% of working residents, and 61% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Twin Lakes residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Twin Lakes workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Twin Lakes makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Twin Lakes are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Twin Lakes residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
Twin Lakes has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Twin Lakes went from 753 in 2014 to 1,020 in 2024, +35%. The jobs ↓
Twin Lakes empties out on a workday
About 4,200 people are in Twin Lakes on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than the 6,300 who live here: 2,900 head out to work and 800 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Twin Lakes: the grade in detail
The poverty rate is its strongest input (6.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Twin Lakes could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
The towns that employ Twin Lakes’ residents
Where Twin Lakes 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.
Time on the road from Twin Lakes: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Twin Lakes workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,217 commuters (the 11% 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.
Goods jobs make up 36% of work in Twin Lakes
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Twin Lakes, 2014 → 2024: 753 → 1,020. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Twin Lakes’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Twin Lakes
On a workday 2,921 residents head out to work, 223 work right here, and 797 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Twin Lakes on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The commute from Twin Lakes, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Twin Lakes is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,617 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 6.0% of Twin Lakes households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Twin Lakes’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,600, Twin Lakes ranks 1,015th of 3,396 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 5% | A+ |
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| 18 | Fox Point WI | 6,583 | $141K | 2.5% | 0.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Elm Grove WI | 6,354 | $158K | 4.4% | 0.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,013 | Hampstead MD | 6,281 | $98K | 6.9% | 4.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,014 | Straban Township PA | 4,968 | $88K | 7.1% | 2.3% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,015 | Twin Lakes WI | 6,338 | $86K | 6.0% | 4.0% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,016 | Redding Township IN | 5,325 | $86K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,017 | Needham Township IN | 7,952 | $92K | 12.3% | 2.2% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,396 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 6% | 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 Twin Lakes, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Twin Lakes and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Randall (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Twin Lakes workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Lakes | – | B+ | C | 29 min | $86,222 |
| Randall | 2% | A | C− | 27 min | $115,665 |
| Powers Lake | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Powers Lake: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Twin Lakes’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 2024, 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 Twin Lakes: questions
What is the median household income in Twin Lakes?
$86,222 (±$17,674) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Twin Lakes?
6.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Twin Lakes?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Twin Lakes work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kenosha (7%, 20 mi), Lake Geneva (4%, 10 mi), Salem Lakes (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Twin Lakes walkable?
Twin Lakes is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Twin Lakes without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Twin Lakes, from the people who make the trip.
More of Twin Lakes
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.