Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Grand Marsh works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Grand Marsh for work; outside it, Friendship is the main destination (9%, 8 miles). 15 jobs are based in Grand Marsh for 32 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, where Wisconsin as a whole has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Grand Marsh by day and by night
On a workday 32 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Grand Marsh on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Grand Marsh commutes to
Where Grand Marsh clocks in
Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Grand Marsh’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grand Marsh, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 15. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grand Marsh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Grand Marsh: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grand Marsh workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 46 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Grand Marsh’s commute, mile by mile
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Work in the towns next to Grand Marsh
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grand Marsh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Marsh | – | — | — | 34 min | $31,731 |
| Easton | under 4% | D | D− | 41 min | $54,405 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grand Marsh’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Grand Marsh: questions
What is the median household income in Grand Marsh?
$31,731 (±$13,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grand Marsh?
20.6%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grand Marsh?
34 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grand Marsh work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Friendship (9%, 8 mi), Westfield (9%, 9 mi), Lake Delton (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Grand Marsh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grand Marsh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grand Marsh
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.