Dunroven House · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0Households in Vienna earn more than those in 93% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Vienna are A+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. Below the poverty line: 2.9% of residents, against 10.6% across Wisconsin. 22% of workers have no commute at all, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Vienna apart on work
Jobs in Vienna have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Vienna went from 387 in 2013 to 1,300 in 2023, +236%. The jobs ↓
Vienna is where the jobs are
Vienna has 1,300 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
36% of Vienna works in Madison
278 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Madison, 11 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Vienna itself. The commute map ↓
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; with 783 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Vienna’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Vienna is better than 97% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($139,583, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 73% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.2%) is left out: Vienna’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Vienna could be anywhere from A to A+.
A place that makes things: 58% of Vienna’s jobs are in goods
1,300 jobs are based in Vienna.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vienna, 2013 → 2023: 387 → 1,300. 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 Vienna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Vienna, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 751 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 1,268 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Vienna on a workday afternoon, 32% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where the people who work in Vienna live
Where Vienna clocks in
36% of workers
9% 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.
How long Vienna spends getting to work: 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 Vienna workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 616 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.
How far it is to work from Vienna
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.
Most of Vienna commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vienna is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Vienna 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 785 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). 1.6% of Vienna households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vienna’s commuters take a bus or train.
Vienna places 121st of 6,161 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 25 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
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| 119 | Wea Township KS | 2,089 | $133K | 2.0% | 0.8% | 1% | A+ |
| 120 | Vermillion Township MN | 1,257 | $126K | 3.0% | 2.2% | 1% | A+ |
| 121 | Vienna WI | 1,597 | $140K | 2.9% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| 122 | Fairplay GA | 1,881 | $120K | 1.6% | 1.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 123 | Roland AR | 1,147 | $175K | 0.0% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Vienna, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
How Vienna compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to DeForest (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vienna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vienna | – | A+ | C | 21 min | $139,583 |
| DeForest | 5% | A | B | 26 min | $106,419 |
| Arlington | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Dane | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Westport | under 2% | A | C | 22 min | $83,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Arlington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Dane: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vienna’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 Vienna: questions
What is the median household income in Vienna?
$139,583 (±$23,663) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vienna?
2.9%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vienna?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vienna work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (36%, 11 mi), Waunakee (9%, 5 mi), DeForest (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vienna walkable?
Vienna is more walkable than 33% 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 Vienna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vienna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vienna
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.