Work & commute · Patch Grove

Work & commute in Patch Grove, WI

Most working residents leave Patch Grove for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Prairie du Chien (16%), Lancaster (8%) and Madison (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 134 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 125 Patch Grove residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patch Grove.

125live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patch Grove goes to work

Prairie du Chien10.8 mi away

16%21

Lancaster14.7 mi away

8%11

Madison78 mi away

7%9

Patch Grove (in town)right here

7%9

Bridgeport8 mi away

6%8

Bloomington4.3 mi away

5%7

Fennimore15.8 mi away

3%4

Boscobel18.9 mi away

3%4

Dubuque, IA33.7 mi away

2%3

Platteville29.3 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%55

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

How far

How far Patch Grove commutes

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

28%

31%

12%

29%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patch Grove is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Patch Grove are

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

Jobs based in Patch Grove

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Patch Grove residents hold

134 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+43%

Jobs based in Patch Grove, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 73. 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.