Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC BY-SA 4.0Walworth at work: jobs, income and the commute
4% of workers work from home, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%. For jobs and income Walworth is better than 40% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B). About one in seven work in Walworth itself; outside it, Delavan draws the most (8%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Walworth stands out on work
Walworth gains people on a workday
About 3,400 people are in Walworth on a workday afternoon, 22% more than the 2,800 who live here: 1,700 come in to work and 1,100 head out. Day and night ↓
Walworth 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.
Walworth’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Job access by car holds Walworth’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Walworth could be anywhere from C− to B+.
In and out of Walworth on a workday
On a workday 1,145 residents head out to work, 193 work right here, and 1,746 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Walworth on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 27 minutes each way for Walworth’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walworth workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,331 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where people from Walworth work
Where Walworth clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Walworth
1,939 jobs are based in Walworth.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walworth, 2013 → 2023: 2,265 → 1,939. 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 Walworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Walworth commutes
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 Walworth walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% of 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 1,393 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). 5.3% of Walworth households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Walworth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700, Walworth comes 2,817th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 38 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Sun Prairie WI | 2,291 | $127K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,815 | Schuyler NY | 3,263 | $65K | 7.8% | 6.2% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,816 | Morgan Township OH | 2,247 | $74K | 6.4% | 0.0% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,817 | Walworth WI | 2,759 | $70K | 18.1% | 4.3% | 14% | C+ |
| 2,818 | Oregon Township IN | 3,282 | $71K | 10.4% | 4.7% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,819 | Hastings Township MI | 3,091 | $79K | 10.1% | 5.6% | 5% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Walworth, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Around Walworth: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Fontana-on-Geneva Lake (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Walworth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walworth | – | C+ | B | 27 min | $70,208 |
| Fontana-on-Geneva Lake | 5% | A− | B | 32 min | $106,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Walworth’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 Walworth: questions
What is the median household income in Walworth?
$70,208 (±$12,847) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walworth?
18.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walworth?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walworth work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Delavan (8%, 7 mi), Fontana-on-Geneva Lake (5%, 2 mi), Madison (5%, 57 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Walworth walkable?
Walworth is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Walworth without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walworth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walworth
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.