Work & commute · Granton

Work & commute in Granton, WI

Most working residents leave Granton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Neillsville (13%), Fremont (7%) and Marshfield (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 101 Granton residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Granton.

101live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

125work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Granton goes to work

Neillsville6.7 mi away

13%14

Fremont6 mi away

7%7

Marshfield15.1 mi away

6%6

Granton (in town)right here

5%5

Loyal10.4 mi away

4%4

Lynn5 mi away

4%4

Pittsville18.9 mi away

2%2

Spencer13.9 mi away

2%2

Tomah41.6 mi away

2%2

Rhinelander88 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%58

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

How far

How far Granton commutes

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

34%

27%

31%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Granton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Granton are

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

Jobs based in Granton

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Granton residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+4%

Jobs based in Granton, 2013 → 2023: 125 → 130. 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.