Gratiot has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
A typical one-way commute lasts 29 minutes, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. There are 71 jobs in Gratiot, against 297 working residents. Only 1% work in Gratiot itself; outside it, Monroe draws the most (16%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Gratiot
Gratiot is a place people come home to
There are 71 jobs based in Gratiot, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gratiot has about 380 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Gratiot workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Wisconsin. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 297 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who works in Gratiot, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Gratiot on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Gratiot
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gratiot workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 209 commuters (the 10% 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.
Where Gratiot goes to work
Where Gratiot clocks in
16% of workers
13% of workers
5% of workersLines 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.
A place that makes things: 55% of Gratiot’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gratiot, 2014 → 2024: 81 → 71. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gratiot’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Gratiot commutes less than 22 miles
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Gratiot and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Darlington (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gratiot workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratiot | – | — | — | 29 min | $50,000 |
| Darlington | 5% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Monticello | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Wayne | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Wiota | 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Shullsburg | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Darlington, Monticello, Wayne and Shullsburg: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Wiota: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gratiot’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 2024, 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 Gratiot: questions
What is the median household income in Gratiot?
$50,000 (±$31,052) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gratiot?
7.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gratiot?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gratiot work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (16%, 20 mi), Darlington (13%, 9 mi), Darlington (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Gratiot without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gratiot, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gratiot
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.