Pilgrim Family Farmstead · Photo: Chris Rand · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of West Kewaunee commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 300 jobs in West Kewaunee, and 687 of its residents work somewhere. West Kewaunee grades B for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Home is the office for 22% of workers; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from West Kewaunee
West Kewaunee makes and builds things
79% of the jobs based in West Kewaunee are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs West Kewaunee residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 34%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in West Kewaunee
22% of West Kewaunee workers work from home, against 13% across Wisconsin. Time on the road ↓
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; with 687 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in West Kewaunee
On income, poverty and job access, West Kewaunee is better than 64% of U.S. towns. Household income holds West Kewaunee’s grade up ($91,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.7%) is left out: West Kewaunee’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, West Kewaunee could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
A place that makes things: 79% of West Kewaunee’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Kewaunee, 2014 → 2024: 200 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Kewaunee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long West Kewaunee spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Kewaunee workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 566 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.
West Kewaunee by day and by night
On a workday 667 residents head out to work, 20 work right here, and 280 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in West Kewaunee on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
16% of working residents work in Green Bay
Where West Kewaunee clocks in
16% 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 many miles West Kewaunee 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from West Kewaunee start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, West Kewaunee is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 729 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). 0.0% of West Kewaunee households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of West Kewaunee’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,051st of 4,866: where West Kewaunee ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 22 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 46 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,049 | Prince's Lakes IN | 1,384 | $89K | 6.8% | 1.7% | <1% | B |
| 1,050 | Burlington ND | 1,350 | $78K | 3.0% | 4.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,051 | West Kewaunee WI | 1,289 | $91K | 7.7% | 0.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,052 | Summerland CA | 1,348 | $96K | 12.2% | 12.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,053 | Oakfield WI | 1,065 | $91K | 9.0% | 0.0% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 West Kewaunee, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
West Kewaunee and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Kewaunee (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | West Kewaunee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Kewaunee | – | B | B− | 26 min | $91,250 |
| Montpelier | under 2% | B+ | C | 22 min | $85,825 |
| Casco | under 2% | A− | B− | 23 min | $96,667 |
| Pierce | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Kewaunee | 9% | B+ | B | 25 min | $82,028 |
| Carlton | under 2% | B | C | 26 min | $81,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pierce: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of West Kewaunee’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 West Kewaunee: questions
What is the median household income in West Kewaunee?
$91,250 (±$18,642) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Kewaunee?
7.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Kewaunee?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Kewaunee work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (16%, 20 mi), Kewaunee (9%, 3 mi), Luxemburg (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is West Kewaunee walkable?
West Kewaunee is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around West Kewaunee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Kewaunee, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Kewaunee
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.