Work & commute · Ellington

Work & commute in Ellington, WI

Most working residents leave Ellington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Appleton (16%), Grand Chute (9%) and Fox Crossing (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 1,575 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,558 Ellington residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 124 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellington.

1,558live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

124work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellington goes to work

Appleton10.3 mi away

16%252

Grand Chute7.3 mi away

9%140

Fox Crossing10.9 mi away

6%101

Greenville6.1 mi away

5%72

Neenah14.8 mi away

3%54

Menasha12.7 mi away

3%45

Oshkosh24.2 mi away

3%42

Seymour14.7 mi away

3%41

New London9.4 mi away

3%40

Green Bay29.7 mi away

3%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%748

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ellington commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

43%

10%

14%

32%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellington is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellington are

141 jobs are based in Ellington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellington

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Ellington residents hold

1,575 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+34%

Jobs based in Ellington, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 141. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.