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Work & commute in Grand Marsh · A commuter town

100% of Grand Marsh’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Grand Marsh for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Friendship (9%), Westfield (9%) and Lake Delton (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 32 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
34 min
More than WI (22 min)
Work from home
0%
Less than WI (13%)
Jobs based here
15
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Grand Marsh?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

9% of working residents work in Friendship

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Chaska: 1 residents work here (3%)Friendship: 3 residents work here (9%)Westfield: 1 residents work here (3%)Adams: 1 residents work here (3%)Black River Falls: 1 residents work here (3%)Viroqua: 1 residents work here (3%)Lake Delton: 2 residents work here (6%)Portage: 2 residents work here (6%)SheboyganWalworthNewport: 2 residents work here (6%)HighlandDouglasSpringvilleRockbridgeMerrimacNew ChesterEastonAdamsWestfield: 3 residents work here (9%)Grand MarshFriendshipWestfieldLake DeltonPortageNewportChaskaGrand Marsh
1
Friendship8.2 mi away
9%3
2
Westfield9 mi away
9%3
3
Lake Delton20.7 mi away
6%2
4
Portage26.2 mi away
6%2
5
Newport19.3 mi away
6%2
6
Chaska, MN203.3 mi away
3%1
7
Westfield10.7 mi away
3%1
8
Adams7.3 mi away
3%1
93%1
10
Viroqua63 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%15
The top trips

Where Grand Marsh clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Wisconsin

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
259 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Grand Marsh34 min
Wisconsin22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Grand Marsh workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Day and night

Grand Marsh quiets down on a workday

On a workday 32 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.

32live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
15work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night140
Workday120
140live here− 32head out to work+ 15come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Grand Marsh on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.47jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Grand Marsh commutes less than 21 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFriendship: 9% · 8.2 miWestfield: 9% · 9 miLake Delton: 6% · 20.7 miPortage: 6% · 26.2 miNewport: 6% · 19.3 miChaska: 3% · 203.3 miWestfield: 3% · 10.7 miAdams: 3% · 7.3 miBlack River Falls: 3% · 63 miViroqua: 3% · 63 miFriendship 9%Westfield 9%Lake Delton 6%Portage 6%Newport 6%Grand Marsh
Grand MarshTop destinations (size = commuters)
16%Under 10 mi5 residents
44%10–24 mi14 residents
6%25–50 mi2 residents
34%Over 50 mi11 residents

About 34% 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.

The jobs

What the 15 jobs in Grand Marsh are

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

Jobs based in Grand MarshJobs Grand Marsh residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%31%
Trade, transport & utilities60%22%
Services: health, schools, offices40%47%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less40%25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%25%
Over $3,333 a month33%50%

Who does it

29 or younger7%22%
30 to 5467%53%
55 and older27%25%
−66%

Jobs based in Grand Marsh, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 15. 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.

Next door

Grand Marsh and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Grand Marsh’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Grand Marsh34 min
New Chester37 min
Easton41 min
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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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.

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