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Fond du Lac Offers Up to $9,500 to Out‑of‑State Workers to Move There

The town is using cash and local perks to attract higher‑earning households to fill job openings and slow population aging.

A downtown view looking north in Fond du Lac, Wis., on Nov. 15, 2024.
A "now hiring" sign hangs in the window of a Middleton, Wis. business on Jan. 4, 2022. Bill Martens/WPR
American flags line a street in Fond du lac, Wisconsin, US, on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. In the first three months of 2022, inflation spread across the highly competitive swing state of Wisconsin more broadly than any other US state, according to Moodys Analytics estimates shared with Bloomberg. Photographer: Thomas Werner/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Overview

  • Fond du Lac launched the MakeMyMove partnership in late June and is now accepting applicants for a relocation package worth about $9,500.
  • The package combines a $5,500 cash relocation stipend with roughly $4,000 in local experiences and memberships such as YMCA access, golf and arts perks.
  • Applicants must be 18 or older, live outside Wisconsin, have household income of at least $55,000, relocate their primary residence to Fond du Lac County and commit to living there at least one year.
  • The program runs two tracks for remote workers and for people who secure full‑time local jobs, and it is supported by MakeMyMove, Envision Greater Fond du Lac and the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation with local coordinators to help accepted movers.
  • Officials say the effort aims to address workforce shortages and an aging population and follows a post‑pandemic rise in incentive programs such as Tulsa Remote that cities use to recruit and retain new residents.