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Work & commute · Elk Grove

Work & commute in Elk Grove, WI

Most working residents leave Elk Grove for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Platteville (11%), Belmont (10%) and Dubuque (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
6 of 250 working residents
Typical commute
20 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 244 Elk Grove residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elk Grove.

244live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
155work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Elk Grove goes to work

DubuqueAmarilloBelmontCuba CityShullsburgDarlingtonLancasterDodgevillePlattevilleMonroeMadisonBelmontPlattevilleNew DiggingsElk GroveWillow SpringsBentonPlattevilleBelmontDubuqueMadisonDodgevilleCuba CityPlattevilleShullsburgDarlingtonElk Grove
1
Platteville6 mi away
11%28
2
Belmont4.2 mi away
10%24
3
Dubuque, IA21.5 mi away
8%19
4
Madison55.1 mi away
6%14
5
Dodgeville23 mi away
5%12
6
Cuba City6.4 mi away
4%10
7
Platteville7.7 mi away
3%7
8
Shullsburg10.1 mi away
2%6
9
Elk Grove (in town)right here
2%6
10
Darlington12.5 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%119

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

How far

How far Elk Grove commutes

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

37%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
29%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Elk Grove is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elk Grove are

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

Jobs based in Elk Grove

161 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)89%
Trade, transport & utilities5%
Services (health, schools, offices…)6%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Elk Grove residents hold

250 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)36%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)42%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month56%
−10%

Jobs based in Elk Grove, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 161. 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.

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