Photo: Asher Heimermann · CC BY 3.0At 1.7%, unemployment in Two Rivers is lower than in 88% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Two Rivers is behind 78% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Two Rivers B−; getting around on foot earns it B+. For 5% of workers, the job is at home (Wisconsin 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Two Rivers, in a few figures
Two Rivers and Manitowoc trade workers both ways
Manitowoc is the top workplace for Two Rivers residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Two Rivers come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Two Rivers makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Two Rivers are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Two Rivers residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
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.
Two Rivers’ Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Two Rivers is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #282 of 362 in Wisconsin. Unemployment holds Two Rivers’ grade up; household income pulls it down ($57,222, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Two Rivers could be anywhere from C+ to B.
31% of working residents work in Manitowoc
Where Two Rivers clocks in
3% of workers
3% 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.
A place that makes things: 35% of Two Rivers’ jobs are in goods
3,240 jobs are based in Two Rivers.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Two Rivers, 2013 → 2023: 2,777 → 3,240. 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 Two Rivers’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Two Rivers, and who commutes in
On a workday 4,285 residents head out to work, 1,041 work right here, and 2,199 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,100 people are in Two Rivers on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
The daily trip from Two Rivers: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Two Rivers workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,866 commuters (the 5% 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.
The distance from Two Rivers to work
About 18% 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.
Few in Two Rivers walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Two Rivers is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns, #110 of 362 in Wisconsin. Both inputs place Two Rivers 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 5,142 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). 6.1% of Two Rivers households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Two Rivers’ commuters take a bus or train.
Two Rivers next to U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000: 1,463rd of 2,507 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 29 | Waukesha WI | 8,507 | $131K | 3.0% | 1.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Cottage Grove WI | 8,930 | $139K | 3.7% | 0.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,461 | Dover OH | 12,947 | $64K | 11.5% | 3.5% | 22% | B− |
| 1,462 | Columbia Township IN | 12,082 | $70K | 12.8% | 3.3% | 17% | B− |
| 1,463 | Two Rivers WI | 11,222 | $57K | 11.8% | 1.7% | 20% | B− |
| 1,464 | Boulder Hill IL | 8,989 | $80K | 8.8% | 10.4% | 1% | B− |
| 1,465 | Birch Bay WA | 10,837 | $87K | 9.4% | 3.7% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Two Rivers, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
31% of Two Rivers works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Two Rivers workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two Rivers | – | B− | B+ | 21 min | $57,222 |
| Manitowoc | under 2% | B | D | 20 min | $81,734 |
| Manitowoc | 31% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $63,757 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Manitowoc. Darker towns draw more of Two Rivers’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 Two Rivers: questions
What is the median household income in Two Rivers?
$57,222 (±$3,343) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Two Rivers?
11.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Two Rivers?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Two Rivers work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manitowoc (31%, 6 mi), Green Bay (3%, 32 mi), Sheboygan (3%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Two Rivers walkable?
Two Rivers is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Two Rivers without a car?
1% 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 Two Rivers, from the people who make the trip.
More of Two Rivers
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.