Work & commute · McGregor

Work & commute in McGregor, IA

Most working residents leave McGregor for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Prairie du Chien (19%), Marquette (6%) and Monona (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 330 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 321 McGregor residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McGregor.

321live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McGregor goes to work

Prairie du Chien, WI2.7 mi away

19%62

Marquette1.1 mi away

6%21

Monona10.5 mi away

5%18

Bridgeport, WI4.9 mi away

5%18

Elkader16.1 mi away

4%13

Guttenberg17 mi away

4%12

Clayton8.9 mi away

3%10

McGregor (in town)right here

3%9

Waterloo69.8 mi away

3%9

Dubuque43.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%151

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far McGregor commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

40%

22%

12%

26%

40%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McGregor is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in McGregor are

187 jobs are based in McGregor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McGregor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McGregor

187 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs McGregor residents hold

330 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−29%

Jobs based in McGregor, 2013 → 2023: 262 → 187. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.