Work & commute · Howard

Work & commute in Howard, WI

Most working residents leave Howard for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Green Bay (27%), Ashwaubenon (14%) and De Pere (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

936 of 9,738 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,802 Howard residents head out of town to work, 936 work right here, and 8,053 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Howard.

8,802live here, work elsewhere

936live and work here

8,053work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Howard goes to work

Green Bay5.3 mi away

27%2,618

Ashwaubenon6.2 mi away

14%1,404

Howard (in town)right here

10%936

De Pere9.5 mi away

7%633

Suamico4.4 mi away

4%410

Bellevue9.4 mi away

3%279

Milwaukee104.1 mi away

2%243

Appleton25.4 mi away

2%239

Allouez7 mi away

2%148

Madison122.7 mi away

1%134

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%2,694

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

How far

How far Howard commutes

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

65%

11%

15%

65%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Howard is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Howard are

8,989 jobs are based in Howard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Howard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Howard

8,989 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Howard residents hold

9,738 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−1%

Jobs based in Howard, 2013 → 2023: 9,088 → 8,989. 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.