Work and commuting in Pine Grove
A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26. Hardly any work in Pine Grove itself; outside it, Stevens Point draws the most (20%, 16 miles). 338 jobs are based in Pine Grove for 402 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Pine Grove: the figures worth knowing
Pine Grove makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Pine Grove are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pine Grove residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 30%. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 402 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods, not services: 46% of the jobs in Pine Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Grove, 2013 → 2023: 422 → 338. 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 Pine Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pine Grove
About 32% 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.
A workday in Pine Grove: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 398 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
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 Pine Grove: the destinations
Where Pine Grove clocks in
5% 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.
How long Pine Grove spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 539 commuters (the 7% 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 Pine Grove compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pine Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove | – | — | — | 22 min | $71,250 |
| Almond | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Plainfield | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Buena Vista | under 2% | B− | B | 21 min | $68,472 |
| Grant | under 2% | B | D | 24 min | $89,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Almond and Plainfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pine 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 Pine Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Grove?
$71,250 (±$19,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Grove?
14.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Grove?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Grove work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stevens Point (20%, 16 mi), Plover (7%, 12 mi), Waupaca (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pine Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine 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.