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Work & commute · La Grange

Work & commute in La Grange, WI

Most working residents leave La Grange for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tomah (34%), Sparta (6%) and La Crosse (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
14 of 896 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
16 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 882 La Grange residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 152 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Grange.

882live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
152work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where La Grange goes to work

WarrensBlack River FallsTomahSpartaOnalaskaLa CrosseLa GrangeBrockwayLincolnTomahSpartaByronGreenfieldTomahSpartaLa CrosseByronLincolnWarrensOnalaskaBrockwayTomahLa Grange
1
Tomah3.6 mi away
34%304
2
Sparta18 mi away
6%54
3
La Crosse39.9 mi away
4%38
4
Byron5.3 mi away
4%35
5
Lincoln5.4 mi away
2%19
6
Warrens6.5 mi away
2%17
7
La Grange (in town)right here
2%14
8
Onalaska37.5 mi away
1%13
9
Brockway22.6 mi away
1%13
10
Tomah6.9 mi away
1%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%376

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

How far

How far La Grange commutes

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

48%Under 10 mi
14%10–24 mi
14%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

La Grange is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in La Grange are

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

Jobs based in La Grange

166 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs La Grange residents hold

896 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month60%
+34%

Jobs based in La Grange, 2013 → 2023: 124 → 166. 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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