Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Winneconne (2.7%) than in 75% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 21 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. Winneconne grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in seven stay in Winneconne for work; outside it, Oshkosh is the main destination (26%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Winneconne’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Winneconne is better than 78% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($82,411, U.S. $80,734). 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, Winneconne could be anywhere from B− to A.
Winneconne on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,013 residents head out to work, 148 work right here, and 802 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 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.
The places Winneconne commutes to
Where Winneconne clocks in
26% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Winneconne
950 jobs are based in Winneconne.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winneconne, 2013 → 2023: 798 → 950. 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 Winneconne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Winneconne’s commute takes 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 Winneconne workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,213 commuters (the 11% 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.
Winneconne’s commute, mile by mile
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.
For most of Winneconne, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Winneconne is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 1,361 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). 5.2% of Winneconne households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Winneconne’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Winneconne ranks: 894th of 5,401 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400
| # | 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+ |
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| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 52 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 86 | Sun Prairie WI | 2,291 | $127K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
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| 892 | Maumee Township IN | 2,757 | $71K | 4.2% | 1.8% | 4% | A− |
| 893 | Liberty Township OH | 2,464 | $113K | 9.5% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| 894 | Winneconne WI | 2,498 | $82K | 5.4% | 2.7% | 13% | A− |
| 895 | Brown Township IL | 2,112 | $91K | 2.1% | 1.6% | 8% | A− |
| 896 | Garden Township KS | 2,713 | $86K | 4.2% | 1.8% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Winneconne, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
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 Winneconne: questions
What is the median household income in Winneconne?
$82,411 (±$16,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winneconne?
5.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winneconne?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winneconne work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oshkosh (26%, 10 mi), Fox Crossing (7%, 14 mi), Appleton (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Winneconne walkable?
Winneconne is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Winneconne without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winneconne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winneconne
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.