Where Granton earns its living
For 4% of workers, the job is at home (Wisconsin 13%). Only 5% stay in Granton for work; outside it, Neillsville is the main destination (13%, 7 miles). The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Granton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 101 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).
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 Granton commutes to
Where Granton 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.
Services make up most of the work in Granton
130 jobs are based in Granton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Granton, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 130. 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 Granton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Granton’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Granton workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 150 commuters (the 4% 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.
The distance from Granton to work
About 31% 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.
Granton and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Granton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granton | – | — | — | 24 min | $58,194 |
| Grant | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grant: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Granton’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 Granton: questions
What is the median household income in Granton?
$58,194 (±$8,680) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Granton?
26.3%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Granton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Granton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Neillsville (13%, 7 mi), Fremont (7%, 6 mi), Marshfield (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Granton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Granton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Granton
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.