Mueller-Wright House · Photo: Jeff the quiet · CC0At 1.6%, unemployment in Wrightstown is lower than in 89% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Wrightstown; the top destination outside it is Green Bay (15%, 16 miles). The two grades for Wrightstown are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. Poverty touches 2.1% of residents, against 10.6% across Wisconsin.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Wrightstown apart
Wrightstown makes and builds things
50% of the jobs based in Wrightstown are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Wrightstown residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 29%. The jobs ↓
Wrightstown has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Wrightstown went from 836 in 2013 to 1,244 in 2023, +49%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Wrightstown pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Wrightstown 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Wrightstown’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wrightstown is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #56 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($93,125, 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, Wrightstown could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Making and building: 50% of jobs based in Wrightstown
1,244 jobs are based in Wrightstown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wrightstown, 2013 → 2023: 836 → 1,244. 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 Wrightstown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Wrightstown
On a workday 1,527 residents head out to work, 84 work right here, and 1,160 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 (0.77 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.
Commuting out of Wrightstown: the destinations
Where Wrightstown clocks in
15% 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.
About 21 minutes each way for Wrightstown’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wrightstown workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,505 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.
The distance from Wrightstown to work
About 15% 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.
Driving is how Wrightstown gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wrightstown is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #134 of 362 in Wisconsin. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,739 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). 4.7% of Wrightstown households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wrightstown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600, Wrightstown comes 209th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 47 | Ottawa WI | 3,642 | $153K | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | Jackson WI | 3,950 | $117K | 0.6% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Bristol WI | 4,347 | $141K | 1.2% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Port Washington North NY | 3,154 | $136K | 2.8% | 4.2% | 3% | A+ |
| 208 | Sheffield OH | 4,757 | $108K | 1.7% | 2.8% | 5% | A+ |
| 209 | Wrightstown WI | 4,169 | $93K | 2.1% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| 210 | Forward Township PA | 3,412 | $107K | 2.9% | 1.3% | 4% | A+ |
| 211 | Johnson Creek WI | 3,435 | $101K | 4.3% | 0.3% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wrightstown, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Wrightstown
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wrightstown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrightstown | – | A+ | B | 21 min | $93,125 |
| Kaukauna | under 3% | A+ | C+ | 18 min | $121,875 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wrightstown’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 Wrightstown: questions
What is the median household income in Wrightstown?
$93,125 (±$43,169) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wrightstown?
2.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wrightstown?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wrightstown work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Green Bay (15%, 16 mi), De Pere (10%, 9 mi), Ashwaubenon (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wrightstown walkable?
Wrightstown is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wrightstown without a car?
0% 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 Wrightstown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wrightstown
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.