At 1.2%, unemployment in Vinland is lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Vinland are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Below the poverty line: 2.5% of residents, against 10.6% across Wisconsin. Measured by household income, Vinland is ahead of 69% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Vinland, in brief
Vinland is where the jobs are
Vinland has 2,194 jobs, 2.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,100 people are in town, 78% more than the 1,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Most jobs in Vinland pay over $40,000 a year
78% of the jobs based in Vinland pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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; with 829 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Vinland
The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vinland could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Vinland nearly doubles on a workday
On a workday 809 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 2,174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Vinland on a workday afternoon, 78% more than live here.
2.6 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.
78% of the jobs in Vinland pay over $3,333 a month
2,194 jobs are based in Vinland.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vinland, 2013 → 2023: 1,817 → 2,194. 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 Vinland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Vinland
Where Vinland clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
10% 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.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Vinland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vinland workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 998 commuters (the 13% 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 Vinland goes to work
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 Vinland, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vinland is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 5.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,141 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). 1.2% of Vinland households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vinland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Vinland is 230th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 43 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 228 | Robesonia PA | 2,181 | $91K | 3.9% | 0.7% | 3% | A |
| 229 | Riverbend WA | 1,748 | $148K | 3.3% | 2.7% | <1% | A |
| 230 | Vinland WI | 1,739 | $91K | 2.5% | 1.2% | 2% | A |
| 231 | Upper Brookville NY | 1,778 | $250K | 0.9% | 5.8% | 1% | A |
| 232 | Stafford OR | 1,600 | $163K | 6.9% | 5.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Vinland, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
16% of Vinland works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vinland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinland | – | A | C | 19 min | $91,094 |
| Neenah | 16% | A− | A− | 18 min | $75,374 |
| Oshkosh | under 2% | A | C− | 26 min | $103,098 |
| Neenah | under 2% | A | C | 18 min | $117,255 |
| Clayton | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $133,731 |
| Butte des Morts | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Winneconne | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Winchester | under 2% | A | C | 22 min | $93,295 |
Same-state neighbors only. Butte des Morts: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Winneconne: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Neenah. Darker towns draw more of Vinland’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 Vinland: questions
What is the median household income in Vinland?
$91,094 (±$19,949) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vinland?
2.5%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vinland?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vinland work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Neenah (16%, 5 mi), Oshkosh (14%, 7 mi), Appleton (10%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vinland walkable?
Vinland is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vinland without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vinland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vinland
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.