Work & commute · Grantsburg

Work & commute in Grantsburg, WI

About one in 3 of Grantsburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pine City (5%), Wood River (5%) and St. Croix Falls (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

159 of 533 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 374 Grantsburg residents head out of town to work, 159 work right here, and 1,075 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grantsburg.

374live here, work elsewhere

159live and work here

1,075work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grantsburg goes to work

Grantsburg (in town)right here

30%159

Pine City, MN14.5 mi away

5%28

Wood River4 mi away

5%25

St. Croix Falls25.9 mi away

3%16

Rush City, MN15.4 mi away

3%15

North Branch, MN23.2 mi away

2%10

Meenon17.5 mi away

2%10

Duluth, MN73.2 mi away

2%8

Eau Claire88 mi away

2%8

Forest Lake, MN39.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%248

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

How far

How far Grantsburg commutes

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

36%

22%

15%

27%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grantsburg is a job hub

2.32jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Grantsburg are

1,234 jobs are based in Grantsburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grantsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grantsburg

1,234 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Grantsburg residents hold

533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+11%

Jobs based in Grantsburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,116 → 1,234. 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.