Ten Eyck, Albert and Minna, Round Barn · Photo: Corey Coyle (Archive link) · CC BY 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Spring Grove works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Spring Grove for work; outside it, Monroe is the main destination (21%, 11 miles). 160 jobs are based in Spring Grove; 395 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 24 minutes each way; Wisconsin averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Spring Grove by day
On a workday 388 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 153 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Spring Grove on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Commuting out of Spring Grove: the destinations
Where Spring Grove clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
In Spring Grove, 52% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Grove, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 160. 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 Spring Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way for Spring Grove’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Grove workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 474 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.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Spring Grove works
About 20% 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.
Around Spring Grove: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Grove | – | — | — | 24 min | $91,023 |
| Jefferson | under 2% | C | C+ | 21 min | $70,368 |
| Avon | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Decatur | under 2% | A− | C | 29 min | $101,167 |
Same-state neighbors only. Avon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Spring 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 Spring Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Grove?
$91,023 (±$7,113) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Grove?
8.4%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Grove?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Grove work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroe (21%, 11 mi), Brodhead (11%, 5 mi), Madison (11%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Grove 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 Spring Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring 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.