Work & commute · Grow

Work & commute in Grow, WI

Most working residents leave Grow for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ladysmith (23%), Eau Claire (6%) and Hawkins (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 165 Grow residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 67 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grow.

165live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

67work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grow goes to work

Ladysmith6 mi away

23%38

Eau Claire48.6 mi away

6%10

Hawkins14.4 mi away

3%5

Richland11.8 mi away

3%5

Grant7.1 mi away

3%5

Bruce14.5 mi away

2%4

Menomonie58.2 mi away

2%4

Cornell19.6 mi away

2%3

Medford37 mi away

2%3

Marshfield65.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%87

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

How far

How far Grow commutes

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

32%

15%

25%

28%

32%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grow is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grow are

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

Jobs based in Grow

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Grow residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+77%

Jobs based in Grow, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 69. 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.