Sussex is a somewhat small village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 8,834 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Sussex is the 85th largest community in Wisconsin.

Unlike some villages where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sussex is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sussex is a village of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sussex who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.23%), sales jobs (13.47%), and management occupations (10.78%).

Also of interest is that Sussex has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Because of many things, Sussex is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Sussex really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Sussex perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Sussex is a small village, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Sussex, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.42% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Sussex is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Sussex Information and Demographics

The education level of Sussex citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 25.85% of adults in Sussex have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sussex in 2000 was $23,913, which is wealthy relative to Wisconsin, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $95,652 for a family of four. However, Sussex contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sussex home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sussex is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sussex include German, Polish, Irish, Norwegian, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Sussex is English.