Grover has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 172 jobs in Grover; 883 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Grover C+; getting around on foot earns it C+. 5% of workers work from home (Wisconsin 13%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Grover: the figures worth knowing
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Grover
On income, poverty and job access, Grover is better than 42% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Grover’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Grover’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Grover could be anywhere from C to B−.
Grover on a workday afternoon
On a workday 870 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Grover on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
26% of working residents work in Marinette
Where Grover clocks in
26% of workers
6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 57% of work in Grover
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grover, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 172. 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 Grover’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Grover: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grover workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 881 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far it is to work from Grover
About 27% 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.
Getting around Grover: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grover is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 928 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.6% of Grover households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grover’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Grover is 2,820th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,818 | Gilmore Township MI | 1,352 | $81K | 7.5% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,819 | Berkshire NY | 1,460 | $75K | 9.6% | 7.1% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,820 | Grover WI | 1,754 | $72K | 6.1% | 0.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,821 | Dauphin Island AL | 1,929 | $67K | 6.6% | 14.3% | 21% | C+ |
| 2,822 | Princeville IL | 1,713 | $76K | 14.2% | 1.4% | 13% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Grover, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Next door to Grover
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Grover workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grover | – | C+ | C+ | 19 min | $71,767 |
| Lake | under 2% | C | C+ | 28 min | $77,857 |
| Little River | under 2% | A− | B | 25 min | $92,292 |
| Peshtigo | under 2% | B+ | C− | 17 min | $81,378 |
| Pound | under 2% | B− | D | 27 min | $84,313 |
| Porterfield | under 2% | B− | D− | 24 min | $74,500 |
| Beaver | under 2% | C− | D | 31 min | $65,455 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Grover’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 Grover: questions
What is the median household income in Grover?
$71,767 (±$5,276) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grover?
6.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grover?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grover work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marinette (26%, 11 mi), Peshtigo (11%, 5 mi), Menominee (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grover walkable?
Grover is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grover without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grover, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grover
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.