Work & commute · Ripon

Work & commute in Ripon, WI

About one in 3 of Ripon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Oshkosh (8%), Fond du Lac (7%) and Green Lake (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

1,255 of 3,729 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,474 Ripon residents head out of town to work, 1,255 work right here, and 3,875 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ripon.

2,474live here, work elsewhere

1,255live and work here

3,875work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ripon goes to work

Ripon (in town)right here

34%1,255

Oshkosh18.5 mi away

8%283

Fond du Lac20.4 mi away

7%244

Green Lake5.8 mi away

3%95

Appleton37.5 mi away

2%81

Milwaukee69.4 mi away

2%75

Madison60.1 mi away

2%72

Berlin10.4 mi away

1%52

Waupun15.5 mi away

1%46

Neenah28.4 mi away

1%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%1,481

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

How far

How far Ripon commutes

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

41%

23%

14%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ripon is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ripon are

5,130 jobs are based in Ripon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ripon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ripon

5,130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Ripon residents hold

3,729 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+2%

Jobs based in Ripon, 2013 → 2023: 5,017 → 5,130. 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.