Work & commute · Spring Grove

Work & commute in Spring Grove, MN

Most working residents leave Spring Grove for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Caledonia (18%), La Crosse (15%) and Rochester (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

94 of 514 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 420 Spring Grove residents head out of town to work, 94 work right here, and 476 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spring Grove.

420live here, work elsewhere

94live and work here

476work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spring Grove goes to work

Spring Grove (in town)right here

18%94

Caledonia8.5 mi away

18%93

La Crosse, WI27.5 mi away

15%78

Rochester52.4 mi away

4%23

Decorah, IA19.4 mi away

3%13

La Crescent24.9 mi away

3%13

Winona33.9 mi away

3%13

Houston13.7 mi away

2%11

Onalaska, WI31.4 mi away

2%11

Spring Grove2.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%154

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

How far

How far Spring Grove commutes

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

44%

10%

25%

22%

44%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spring Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spring Grove are

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

Jobs based in Spring Grove

570 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Spring Grove residents hold

514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+3%

Jobs based in Spring Grove, 2013 → 2023: 551 → 570. 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.

Work & commute in Spring Grove, MN

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Spring Grove goes to work

How far Spring Grove commutes

Spring Grove is balanced between jobs and homes

What the jobs in Spring Grove are

Jobs based in Spring Grove

Jobs Spring Grove residents hold

How to read this page

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