Hickory Grove has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working residents average 24 minutes each way, next to 22 for Wisconsin and 26 for the U.S. There are 15 jobs in Hickory Grove for 230 working residents. Hardly any work in Hickory Grove itself; outside it, Muscoda draws the most (11%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hickory Grove, in a few figures
The daily flow of workers through Hickory Grove
On a workday 230 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Hickory Grove on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Where people from Hickory Grove work
Where Hickory Grove clocks in
7% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Hickory Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hickory Grove, 2014 → 2024: 21 → 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hickory Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Hickory Grove: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hickory Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 166 commuters (the 18% 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 in the region Hickory Grove works
About 28% 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.
Around Hickory Grove: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hickory Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Grove | – | — | — | 24 min | $104,375 |
| Fennimore | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Marion | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Watterstown | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Castle Rock | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fennimore and Marion: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Watterstown and Castle Rock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hickory 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 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 Hickory Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Hickory Grove?
$104,375 (±$30,296) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hickory Grove?
6.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hickory Grove?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hickory Grove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Muscoda (11%, 12 mi), Richland Center (7%, 21 mi), Fennimore (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Hickory Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 35% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hickory Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hickory Grove
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.