Work & commute · Poygan

Work & commute in Poygan, WI

Most working residents leave Poygan for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Oshkosh (26%), Ripon (8%) and Appleton (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 570 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 566 Poygan residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poygan.

566live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poygan goes to work

Oshkosh14.7 mi away

26%146

Ripon18.3 mi away

8%48

Appleton25 mi away

5%30

Berlin11.2 mi away

4%23

Grand Chute22.7 mi away

4%21

Omro6.8 mi away

3%19

Fox Crossing19.2 mi away

3%19

Winneconne5.7 mi away

3%16

Neenah17.9 mi away

3%15

Fond du Lac30.4 mi away

3%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%218

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

How far

How far Poygan commutes

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

11%

60%

12%

16%

11%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poygan 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 Poygan are

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

Jobs based in Poygan

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less58%

$1,251–$3,333 a month9%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Poygan residents hold

570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+36%

Jobs based in Poygan, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 53. 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.