Most of Patch Grove commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 17 minutes each way, where Wisconsin has 22 and the U.S. 26. There are 73 jobs in Patch Grove; 134 of its residents have a job. Only 7% work in Patch Grove; the top destination outside it is Prairie du Chien (16%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Patch Grove for work, and who comes in
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Patch Grove on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
Where Patch Grove’s working residents head each day
Where Patch Grove clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
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.
Goods jobs make up 68% of work in Patch Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Patch Grove, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 73. 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 Patch Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Patch Grove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Patch Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 236 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.
How far Patch Grove’s workers travel
About 29% 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.
Next door to Patch Grove
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Patch Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patch Grove | – | — | — | 17 min | $69,609 |
| Wyalusing | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Millville | under 3% | — | — | 45 min | — |
| Bloomington | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Little Grant | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Mount Hope | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wyalusing, Millville, Bloomington, Little Grant and Mount Hope: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Patch 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 Patch Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Patch Grove?
$69,609 (±$23,501) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Patch Grove?
2.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Patch Grove?
17 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Patch Grove work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prairie du Chien (16%, 11 mi), Lancaster (8%, 15 mi), Madison (7%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Patch Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Patch Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Patch 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.