Photo: myself · CC BY-SA 2.5Redgranite’s household incomes are lower than in 67% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 5.4% of residents; Wisconsin has 10.6%. For jobs and income Redgranite is better than 46% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (C). 3% of workers work from home; Wisconsin has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Redgranite
Redgranite’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Redgranite is Oshkosh, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (93) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Redgranite than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Redgranite fell from 882 in 2013 to 599 in 2023, −32%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 695 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Redgranite’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Redgranite’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.1%) is left out: Redgranite’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, Redgranite could be anywhere from C to B+.
Short hops and long hauls from Redgranite
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.
66% of the jobs in Redgranite pay over $3,333 a month
599 jobs are based in Redgranite.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redgranite, 2013 → 2023: 882 → 599. 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 Redgranite’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Redgranite on a workday
On a workday 660 residents head out to work, 35 work right here, and 564 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 (0.86 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.
Where people from Redgranite work
Where Redgranite clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Getting to work from Redgranite takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redgranite workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 611 commuters (the 3% 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.
For most of Redgranite, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 627 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). 11.6% of Redgranite households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Redgranite’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,494th of 5,404: where Redgranite ranks among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 36 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,492 | Antrim Township MI | 2,115 | $71K | 10.0% | 4.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,493 | Redfield SD | 2,114 | $58K | 6.0% | 2.2% | 42% | B− |
| 2,494 | Redgranite WI | 2,113 | $64K | 5.4% | 2.1% | 5% | B− |
| 2,495 | Dresden ME | 1,792 | $75K | 9.3% | 1.2% | 2% | B− |
| 2,496 | Tremont ME | 1,552 | $89K | 6.6% | 2.3% | 19% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | 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.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Redgranite, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Work in the towns next to Redgranite
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Redgranite workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redgranite | – | B− | C | 26 min | $64,345 |
| Warren | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Leon | under 2% | C− | C | 34 min | $67,609 |
| Lohrville | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Warren: the same community as the town of that name, graded once. Lohrville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Redgranite’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 Redgranite: questions
What is the median household income in Redgranite?
$64,345 (±$20,359) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redgranite?
5.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redgranite?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redgranite work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oshkosh (13%, 28 mi), Berlin (10%, 10 mi), Ripon (7%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Redgranite walkable?
Redgranite is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Redgranite without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Redgranite, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redgranite
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.