With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Green Grove works elsewhere
Working residents average 18 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. Employers in Green Grove report 79 jobs, and 213 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Green Grove for work; outside it, Curtiss is the main destination (8%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Green Grove: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 211 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 77 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Green Grove on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
Commuting out of Green Grove: the destinations
Where Green Grove clocks in
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Green Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Green Grove, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 79. 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 Green Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Wisconsin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Green Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 292 commuters (the 16% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Green Grove
About 26% 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.
Green Grove and its neighbors: 16% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Green Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Grove | – | — | — | 18 min | $74,500 |
| Owen | 8% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Colby | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Beaver | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Longwood | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Curtiss | 8% | — | — | 14 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Owen, Beaver, Longwood and Curtiss: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Colby: the same community as the city of that name, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Owen. Darker towns draw more of Green Grove’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 Green Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Green Grove?
$74,500 (±$21,688) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Green Grove?
6.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Green Grove?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Green Grove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Curtiss (8%, 5 mi), Abbotsford (8%, 9 mi), Owen (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Green Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Green Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Green Grove
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.