La Grange has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income B: better than 59% of U.S. towns on income, poverty and job access.
Walkability C−: more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns.
Household incomes here are higher than in 76% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 16 minutes each way (Wisconsin 22, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in La Grange; the top destination outside it is Tomah (34%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from La Grange
A lot of La Grange works one town over
41% of working residents work in a town that borders La Grange: Tomah (34%), Byron (4%) and Lincoln (2%). Next door ↓
La Grange is a place people come home to
There are 166 jobs based in La Grange, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday La Grange has about 1,200 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from La Grange are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 22 across Wisconsin. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Wisconsin worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 896 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind La Grange’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, La Grange is better than 59% of U.S. towns. Household income holds La Grange’s grade up ($98,958, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: La Grange’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, La Grange could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
La Grange quiets down on a workday
On a workday 882 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in La Grange on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of Wisconsin
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of La Grange workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 867 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
34% of working residents work in Tomah
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where La Grange clocks in
34% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 166 jobs in La Grange are
166 jobs are based in La Grange. Here is what they are, next to the jobs La Grange’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in La Grange, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 166. 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.
Half of La Grange commutes less than 14 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 24% 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.
Most trips from La Grange start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, La Grange is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place La Grange near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 951 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). 0.3% of La Grange households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of La Grange’s commuters take a bus or train.
La Grange is 1,714th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of La Grange, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 41 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,712 | Carlton Township MI | 2,429 | $83K | 8.7% | 3.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,713 | South Bloomfield Township OH | 1,913 | $87K | 8.2% | 3.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,714 | La Grange WI | 1,964 | $99K | 6.8% | 1.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,715 | Stanfield NC | 1,744 | $79K | 9.3% | 10.1% | 5% | B |
| 1,716 | Cornwall CT | 1,589 | $129K | 8.2% | 6.5% | 14% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
41% of La Grange works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Tomah (34%). Darker towns draw more of La Grange’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | La Grange workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grange | – | B | C− | 16 min | $98,958 |
| Tomah | 34% | C− | A− | 17 min | $51,274 |
| Byron | 4% | C− | C− | 22 min | $77,083 |
| Greenfield | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Lincoln | 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Tomah | 1% | B | C− | 18 min | $98,345 |
Same-state neighbors only. Greenfield and Lincoln: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 La Grange: questions
What is the median household income in La Grange?
$98,958 (±$20,596) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in La Grange?
6.8%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from La Grange?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in La Grange work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tomah (34%, 4 mi), Sparta (6%, 18 mi), La Crosse (4%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is La Grange walkable?
La Grange is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around La Grange 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 La Grange, from the people who make the trip.
More of La Grange
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.